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An unusual and most interesting collection of c. 40 return-address envelopes mostly all written to the philanthropist Mrs. Jennie H. Miller-Faggen of Philadelphia

Auction 43 · Lot 234

An unusual and most interesting collection of c. 40 return-address envelopes mostly all written to the philanthropist Mrs. Jennie H. Miller-Faggen of Philadelphia

Estimate
$4,000–$5,000
Hammer price
Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(YESHIVOTH)

Place

(Eastern Europe)

Publication

1930’s

summary

This collection of used envelopes are from Europe’s most celebrated Yeshiva Academies, with the return-addresses of the pre-war eras’ renowned Rashei Yeshiva, including: Rabbi Baruch Dov Leibowitz of Kamenitz, Rabbi Shimon Shkop of Grodna, Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan of Radin, Rabbi A.I. Bloch of Telz, Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman of Baranovitch, Rabbi Isaac Sher of Slabodka, Rabbi Leizer Yudel Finkel of Mir, Rabbi Yosef Kahaneman of Ponevezh, etc
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