Zionisten-Congress 1897.

Estimate: $800–$1,000
Hammer price: $500

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

author

(ZIONISM).

Place

Basel

Publication

1897

Description

Postcard issued by the First Zionist Congress, Basle. Of triptych-form, outer columns depicting Jews praying alongside the Western Wall on left and colonist sowing the Land on right. Middle panel with space for message. The sender, an unidentified delegate apparently from Vienna, writes his girlfriend, one Fraulein Toni Schlesinger.

summary

A Celebrated Rarity. The Ex Officio Postcard of the First Zionist Congress, August, 1897.

Central crease, light staining, postage stamp carefully removed on verso.

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