Auction 20 A collection of Zionist revival and rare, high quality Israeliana. Celebrating 20 auctions at MDLD...thank you to our members and participants!
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Oct 21, 2020
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LOT 101:
Last flight souvenir cover: Faid-Lod Envelope + plane ticket Shai Margalit #84449
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LOT 102:
18 different errors of stamps (on letters).
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LOT 103:
Philately: A pair of Makabi stamps on foreign stamps, from 1932. Rare.
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LOT 104:
Signature of R' Yaakov Machnes (Petch Tikva), son of R' Aharon Leib and Sarah Machnes. Some small tears and folds. Otherwise good condition.
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LOT 105:
לוט פריטי העשור- דגלון מעטפות יום ההופעה, כרטיס כניסה לתערוכת העשור, ומעטפת תערוכת פרחים לעשור.
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LOT 106:
Shana Tova lot: IDF (Israeli Defense Force) and soldiers
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LOT 107:
In their memory: Martyrs of the Struggle for Israel's Independence: Full sheet of stamps + 14 First Day Issue envelopes. בולי הרוגי מלכות בדור התקומה - גליון שלם עם הסדרה המלאה של 20 האישיים [לכל 'הרוג' 3 בולים], הבולים כולם אינם חתומים. בין הרוגי המלכות המופיעים: נעמן בלקינד, שלמה בן יוסף, חנה ...
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LOT 108:
Tel Hai - Nativ Betar: A letter from 1963 whereby the Rohodesian chapter is requesting more information and material to hand out after they see a great interest and curiosity from the people in Rhodesia about the Betar Moazim abroad. Signed by R. Gordon (editor, Nativ Betar).
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LOT 109:
Fascinating Zionist document: Gdud HaAvoda (Yosef Trumpeldor Labor and Defense Battalion) gave power of attorney: Shmuel Hefter, Menachem Elkind, Shimon Salternik and Chanoch Rochel. Signed by Yehuda Kopilvitz. With handwriting and official Gdud HaAvoda stamp. In good condition (top edge has a ...
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LOT 110:
A bittersweet wedding invitation from 1952. Rachel, daughter of R' Aharon (Aryeh) Leib Bergman to Binyamin, son and grandson of Simcha Bonim Shatz (Shatzkes), Admor from Kuzmir. On the invitation, Binyamin, the groom (chatan), handwrites to his aunt requsting her arrival to the wedding since ...
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LOT 111:
"Italy will not attack Tel Aviv" - "Irida" newspaper, 1935. ...And in 1940, Italy attacked the center of Tel Aviv! Published one time only, specifically for the elections of Tel Aviv in 1935/36. Edited by Eliezer Shechter. Full of fascinating articles and poems.
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LOT 112:
Philately: Czechoslovakia, 1937 Maccabi Breslav envelope
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LOT 113:
telegram sent by DAVID MANNHEIM to the HURTIG family on the occasion of the wedding of their daughter, Ruth. Sent on the 20 of November, 1947. Proverb printed on the top of the telegram: Flowers wilt; the telegram stays forever (free translation). size:16.5 * 23.5cm Very good condition
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LOT 114:
Egged Co-op Society, Ltd - "Autobus & Motor Car Service to all Parts of Palestine & Syria": An apology letter sent to Dr. Natan Feinberg on 20/3/1939 from the Egged company. The letter is glued to a stronger piece of paper (it appears that the letter was torn so it was glued to a backing in ...
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LOT 115:
A handwritten letter from Dr. Yitzchak Nofech, one of the first Jewish judges in Mandate Israel. He also spearheaded the Hebrew language in the court and in law. The letter was written to Dr. Natan Feinberg, a Jewish lawyer in Israel, whose expertise was in international law.\21 x 13cm The ...
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LOT 116:
An early letter typed on official Hadassah Medical Organization (Jerusalem branch) stationary. From 14/12/1927. Sent from Dr. Alexander Zalkind, one of the Russian Zionist leaders, head of Hadassah Jerusalem branch, to Dr. Natan Feinberg, an international law expert in Israel. 21 x 18cm. The ...
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LOT 117:
5 postcards - David Ben Gurion: Three published by Moshe Chalutz, one with Ben Gurion stamp - 30 years of Israel's Independance, stamped and dated 31.10.78 (First Day Issue), and one postcard by Palphot, Herzlia, numbered 12414. The images of Ben Gurion span his life from him as a soldier in ...
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LOT 118:
Sheet music - Issachar Miron (Michrovsky): "Mi Anachnu" "Nelech" "Shurat HaMagen"/"Shir HaNotrim" "Shir HaOnot" "Shir HaRevava" "Shir HaBe'er" All of the notes and words are handwritten. 5/7 sheets: made and printed by Bosworth & Co. Ltd., in England. מירון נולד כסטפן מיכְרוֹבסקי בעיירה קוטנו ...
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LOT 119:
Zionist German booklet by Alexander Deraw, 1919. Palastina das Heilige Land: ein souveraner judischer Staat The booklet was published in 1919 and dealt with the question of the right of the Jews in Palestine. Inscription and date on first page (Berlin 2.4.1919)
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LOT 120:
1940's advertisement for "HaMadpis Lipshitz" (Ben Yehuda St., Jerusalem)- "The Quality Printers" - "Good printing work makes the first appeal to the customer. Use the experience and expert service of HaMadpis Lipshitz". 3 Gold medals awarded on the Palestine Exhibitions. 33 width x 14.5cm ...
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LOT 121:
Fascinating document regarding the First Aliyah. Discusses the sad state of Tel Aviv. יצחק טורקניץ' מקום לידתו פולין פינסק תאריך לידתו 1878, תרל''ח עלה ארצה ב- 1883 עיסוקו פרדסנות, גידול סוסים מקום מגוריו ישראל יהוד, פתח-תקוה ממשיכים שמואל, שרה, אריה, משה, שאול, סימה, אליהו, מרדכי. בת ...
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LOT 122:
Dr. Karpel Lippe - death/mourning announcement, stamped by the Jewish Federation of Romania. Sent in mail on 14/8/1915. Stamped. Dr. Karpel Lippe (1830-1915) was a physician in the Romanian city of Iași and a lifelong Zionist. He was the President of the First Zionist Congress.
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LOT 123:
The Marine Trust Limited - July 8th, 1940: A typed letter by Eliezer Siegfried Hoofien, signed. Letter of recommendation: In the letter, addressed to "to all whom it may concern", Hoofien talks about his former employee, Mr. David Toporovsky and explains that they had to let him go only because ...
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LOT 124:
Rare and unknown poem, written by Idel Pressman, in Yiddish. Idel Pressman (1902-1966) was a poet, author and translator (from Yiddish, German and Russian into Hebrew). Very good condition.
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LOT 125:
Invitation to International Conference of Hebrew Law, from 1934. Lipshitz printing. Includes itinerary of lecturers and topics. One horizontal fold mark but in otherwise very good condition.
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LOT 126:
David Rimon - large lot: 1. Print illustration of Rimon by artist Bass, 1987. 2. Original photograph of Rimon as a guard (in British police) at Ben Shemen, giving out food and weapons. 1936-9 3. Photograph with Chaim Weizman 4. Photograph with Benny Gorfinkel and R' Yeshayahu Herzel 5. ...
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LOT 127:
Original signed receipt from 1911; Yaakov Rabinowitz (1875 - 1948) was a Hebrew, Yiddish, and German writer. בשנת 1907 התגורר באודסה, ועבד כעוזרו של מנחם אוסישקין בניהול "הוועד האודיסאי". הוא פרסם סדרת מסות ביידיש כחלק מתעמולה ציונית בעד הציונות המעשית ונגד תוכנית אוגנדה; על מסותיו היה נוהג ...
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LOT 128:
Frederic Henri Schopin - lithograph etching: Moshe in the Basket and Batya. 23cm x 20cm Good condition.
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LOT 129:
Passover newsletter, Kibbutz Sdot Yam, 1975. Fascinating. In this newsletter a number of topics are written about, including: 1. This year we are going to try and read the Haggadah according to the more traditional way, and order, in which it is more widely read 2. Explanation of the Afikoman ...
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LOT 130:
Shana Tova from a James Bond actress: Aliza Gur (born 1940 in Israel after her parents fled Nazi Germany) is an Israeli actress who was Miss Israel of 1960 and a semifinalist in the Miss Universe pageant held in Miami Beach that same year. Her most famous role was in the 1963's James Bond film ...
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LOT 131:
Very Rare postcard!! Jerusalem, Jardin de Salomon (Urtas) environs de Bethlehem. (Numbered 68)
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LOT 132:
Early and rare postcard, the "Hora Dance"; Made in Czechoslovakia. Published and Copyright Photo Brenner, Haifa.
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LOT 133:
Pair of early postacards by Moshe Erdman. Tel Aviv - school of agriculture for girls Ben Shemen - tobacco plantation
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LOT 134:
2 rare postcards: Chalutzim After the Day's Work and Jewish Builders. Photographs by J. Benor Kalter Hadar Carmel Printed in Austria in Mandate era.
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LOT 135:
Three early invitations to events, Mandate era Palestine. Engagement (of marriage), brit mila (circumcision)
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LOT 136:
Program for the play " HaMabul" ("The Flood"), from 1924, with signature of actor Yosef Oksenberg (1879-1967). Oksenberg was born in Poland and made aliyah in 1920. He directed close to 30 plays and acted/directed in many theaters. Condition is good; some stains.
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LOT 137:
Large poster of Ben Gurion, publshed by Poalei Eretz Yisrael. 68x48cm Good condition.
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LOT 138:
Ezer Weizman lot: 1. A letter of thanks by Ezer Weizman to Yaakov Abrahmson for his warm wishes for his recovery (in November, 1977, he was injured in a serious car accident. Weizman was hospitalized during Anwar Sadaat's visit to Israel; but despite his hospitalization, they met during this ...
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LOT 139:
Official letter, typed and hand signed, by Dr. Georg Herlitz, founder of the World Archives of the Zionist Organization - "Zionist Archives" . Letter is dated May 18, 1935. Jerusalem. Written to Professor Heinrich Loewe, manager of "Shaar Zion", city library, in Tel Aviv.
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LOT 140:
Postcard sent in 1928 by Itzik Kipnis.from Russia to Zalman Reisin, the Yiddishist, in Vilna. In Yiddish. Content is cultural. There's a tiny tear at the base of the postcard and top left corner. Otherwise in very good condition.
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LOT 141:
Postcard - First Congress of the New Zionist Organization (N.Z.O.), Vienna, 1935. Image of chained hand holding a menorah "kol hama'amin b'geula shlema". Keren Tel-Hai B'Eretz Yisrael stamp. Printed label on back, top left corner. Looks like the design of Artur Szyk. 10 x 15cm Very good condition.
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LOT 142:
22 original photographs from 1981 - Elections - "Ne'um HaChachchachim" - Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin, Abba Eben, Knesset members, and thousands of citizens. נאום הצ'חצ'חים הוא כינוי לנאום שנאם השחקן והבדרן דודו טופז במהלך הבחירות לכנסת העשירית בשנת 1981, נערכה עצרת הבחירות המסכמת של המערך ...
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LOT 143:
Photograph from Likud - Menachem Begin's response to the "Neum HaChachchachim". In the photograph, David Levy, Shlomo Lahat, Meir Shitrit and what looks to be like Yaakov Meridor.
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LOT 145:
Three early postcards of Josef Trumpeldor: 2 by Eliyahu Brothers, Tel Aviv. One of them with first day issue stamp, 1967. The third is published by Moshe Chalutz.
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LOT 146:
פתרון משבר האנרגיה בארץ ישראל. מכתב מרתק עבור ראש ממשלת ישראל מר יצחק רבין 1974, מאת אברהם וולפנזון דוקטור למדע המדינה שהיה לוכד מרגלים ומפעיל סוכנים כפולים במשך למעלה מארבעה עשורים במסגרת שירות הביטחון הכללי. וולפזון נעזר בעוזי ברעם על מנת להגיע לזירוז העניין. בתוכן הניסוי מאת אוניברסיטת חיפה ...
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LOT 147:
Interesting letter sent from Vered Katz, from Tel Aviv, Palestine, in 1943/44. In the letter she describes a lecture she went to for journalists. Passed through censorship in mail.
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LOT 148:
A letter from a woman named Ilana to husband, a soldier in the Brigade. Rosh Hashana, 1944. Included is also a letter from said soldier to her from Rosh Hashana, 1945 (following WWII).
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LOT 149:
Letter written from a Brigade soldier to his wife. Sent to a Vered Katz in Tel Aviv on 29/3/45. In the letter, among many topics, he talks about plans for the Passover seder with Jewish and American soldiers together. Written in Hebrew. Went through censorship. מכתב שנשלח ב29-3-1945 לורד כץ ...
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LOT 150:
Gadi Fraiman, 1980. - A.P. lithograph of a woodcut or lasercut. Signed (Fraiman has a very unique signature), Artist's Proof, and dated, 1980. Gadi Fraiman is famously known for his stone and bronze sculptures. This is a very unique piece of work; perhaps a rough draft for a sculpture. 22cm ...
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