Poland: "HaShomer HaLeumi" ("National Guardsman") Zionist youth movement "First Legislative Congress" pass, 1930; size: 34.5mm; weight: 1.05g. Round paper token-disk with metal sides; printed on one side, in Hebrew: "The National Guardsman | First Legislative Congress | Warsaw 2nd-3rd [month of] Tevet 5690".
The "HaShomer HaLeumi" was a Zionist youth/scouting movement founded in 1929 by Dr. Reuben Ben-Shem...
HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale
By: Historama
Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale
Monday 8-04-2019 Timed Sale at Bidspirit.com @ 19:15 Israel-time | LOTS #1-579
Numismatics | Judaic Tokens & Medals | Banknotes | Arabiana | Israeliana | Judaica | Militaria | Ephemera
Tuesday 9-04-2019 @ 20:00 Israel-time | LOTS #580-1313
Stamps | Postal History | Philately | Paraphilately | Philatelic Documents
Welcome you to our 7th auction, this being our first in the format of a 'Buy or Bid' sale, where lots may be bid-on or purchased outright; there are over 1300 attractive lots on offer. The sale features items in every one of our areas of specialty, and is probably the largest (and best) selection of Judaic, Holyland and Israeli collectibles for sale anywhere at this time. Featured subjects include ancient & modern coins; Jewish tokens & medals; Jewish, Mandate & Israeli militaria; World War II collaborationist and Holocaust-related militaria; loose & affixed stamps of the Holyland, Egypt and the JNF; postal history of all periods and across all themes and subjects from the Holyland, Mandate, Israel, the Palestinian Authority & near east, as well as worldwide wartime (WWI / WWII) civilian and military mail (from 'horseshoe' and pre-'horseshoe route' mail to post-Third Reich 'uberroller' & displaced persons mail), mail of the Arab-Israeli conflict & 'postkrieg', Hijack/Terror mail + American Civil War Confederate States of America philately - a new subject area for us (students of Israeli & Interim postal history - unusual routes, special rates & key dates - will recognize many similar characteristics to their CSA counterpart); plus Judaica, Israeliana, Arabiana, banknotes and other areas of interest. There are many unique and 'discovery' items in this sale, and many fascinating objects both old and contemporary worth your attention.
The sale itself is divided into 2 parts, one covering non-philatelic fields (lots 1 - 579), and one covering philately (lots 580 - 1313). The period between now and the published 'end times' of the two parts of sale functions as a 'pre-sale' period: during this time lots may be bid on in a standard mail auction manner (bids submitted in writing) or through the online auction program, or be purchased outright. The published opening bid prices are the minimum bid prices, and the buyout prices (displayed below the lot descriptions) are mostly set 50% above the opening bid levels (traditionally "best" bids, which win a lot even before an auction's end are set to 3x the opening bid price). These "buy it now" prices are dynamic: they will rise by 5-10% for every bid received on a lot once the current bid level passes the midway point between the starting bid price and the original buyout price - please visit our home site historama.com/auctions or contact us for the updated buy-out prices. This is not intended to take advantage of interest in a lot but rather to avoid discouraging bidders from continuing to bid on an item of interest. As of now, at the end of the pre-sale period for Part 1 of the sale (non-philatelic items), available lots will be offered for sale in a timed live sale on our page at Bidspirit.com; Part 2 (philately) will run as a mail auction until the published end date and time, with 5 minute time-extensions if bids are received in the last minute of the sale (or time extension).
Once the sale is over it will take a few days to issue official "winner" notifications. Please bear with us, as the more broadly the sale is displayed and the more people participate, the more complex the process of collating all the bids from various sources and actioning special requests. The winner notification email contains a link to our automated checkout on the site - and this process generates the invoice. Please check your "spam" folder for the mail (from "historama-auctions") if it doesn't reach your inbox within 2-3 days of the sale's end. Unsold lots will be available for direct purchase after the sale - but may be displayed at a higher price than the opening bid levels for the sale: we do this to discourage fence-sitting during the sale; the opening bid prices are competitively set in order to encourage bidding. Here I should emphasize that the opening bid prices are not a reflection of our evaluation of a lot’s worth: where possible I have added an estimated value at the end of a product description, but a low starting price should not be construed as a lack of understanding of a lot’s worth.
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Lot #251 - Zionist Tokens & Medals
Lot #252 - Zionist Tokens & Medals
US: light-blue painted light-weight metal Jewish National Fund (JNF) pin bearing Hebrew legend "Geula Titnu LaAretz" ("ye shall grant a redemption for the land"; Levticus/Vayikra Ch. 25 v.24), circa. 1930's-40's; possibly by J. Waldman, Newark, NJ; size: 15.5mm.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $89. This price will...
Lot #253 - Zionist Tokens & Medals
Palestine: 50th anniversary of Bilu movement & establishment of Kfar Bilu settlement, colored bronze commemorative pin, 1932; not maker-marked; size: 28mm; weight: 2g. Art Deco image of 3 Zionist pioneers in agricultural setting, with shining sun & "Bilu" below; Hebrew dates ("5642 - 5692") in exergue. Bilu was small but together with "Chovevei Zion" from Romania, represented the first modern...
Lot #254 - Zionist Tokens & Medals
Palestine/Switzerland: 20th Zionist Congress delegate's pin, (1937); nickel(?); manufactured by Moshe Moro of Jerusalem; size: 19.5mm x 22.5mm; weight: 5g. Square shield shaped pin depicting the official emblem of the congress (a Hebrew letter "Kaf" whose numerical value is "20"), with Star of David in right corner and Hebrew legend above "The Zionist Congress". On reverse, a safety pin and Moro's mark. The...
Lot #255 - Zionist Tokens & Medals
Hungary: bronze token of 1st postwar (5th) convention of the religious-Zionist "Bachad" youth movement, in Budapest, 1947; size: 1.75 x 2.1mm; weight: 2.4g. Obverse bears legend in Hebrew: "[Hebrew month of] Tamuz [June-July, in the year] 5707 Fifth Convention Budapest"; on reverse the emblem of the "Bachad" youth movement. The token is designed as a tallion.
"Bachad" - "Brit Chalutzim Datiim", the "...
Lot #256 - Zionist Tokens & Medals
Israel: 23rd Zionist Congress pin, (1951); bronze; not maker-marked; size: 28.5mm; weight: 3.15g. Hollow-backed badge with safety pin on reverse, with stylized but generic emblem of the Congress - a Menorah - flanked by the Hebrew letters "Kaf" and "Gimmel" (for "23") and the legend in Hebrew around edge, "The Zionist Congress Jerusalem". The 23rd Zionist Congress was only the second one held after the Second World War, and...
Lot #257 - Zionist Tokens & Medals
Israel: 24th Zionist Congress tallion, (1956); nickel(?); not maker-marked, but may be by Kretchmer; size: 28.5mm x 33mm; weight: 12.45g. Uniface tallion bearing similar design to that of the 23rd Congress - a stylized Menorah flanked by the Hebrew letters whose numerical value is "24" and the legend "The Zionist Congress Jerusalem". The 24th Zionist Congress was held in Jerusalem between April-May 1956,...
Lot #258 - Zionist Tokens & Medals
US: 'I am a Zionist' blue-indigo color-printed metal pin, circa. 1960's; by N.G. Slater Corp, NEW YORK & Union Label; size: 35.5mm.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $29. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark between the starting bid price and...
Lot #259 - Medals related to Israel
Palestine/Yishuv: Chaim Arlozorov uniface memorial plaquette by Meir Gur-Aryeh (Bezalel School, Jerusalem), circa. 1933; size: 39.25 x 59.75mm; weight: 39.25g: left facing Arlozorov with the Hebrew title "BeDamekha Hayai" ['From your death I live on'] top left & Hebrew dates of birth / death bottom left; Arlozorov's signature is at the base, and the artist's initials (MG) below the bust. The plaque is...
Lot #260 - Medals related to Israel
Israel: [President] Yitzhak Ben-Zvi plaque by Yehuda Hershkovitz, ND (circa. 1952-1963); cast brass or brass-plated bronze with laquered surface; size: 11.1 x 15.85cm; weight: 511g. Obverse depicts relief image of a famous pose of Ben-Zvi (credited to December 1952, when he took office), set against a lined background with his name in Hebrew below. On reverse concave...
Lot #261 - Medals related to Israel
Israel: [President] Yitzhak Ben-Zvi bas-relief bronze portrait medal by Kretchmer, circa. 1963; size: 4.55cm; weight: 51.15g. Obverse bears Ben-Zvi's pose with name in English and Hebrew on either side. On reverse Ben-Zvi's signature between his dates of birth and death (According to the Hebrew and Gregorian dates); Ben-Zvi was born on 24 November (in Poltava) as per the Russian calendar system; his...
Lot #262 - Medals related to Israel
Kibbutz Yad Mordechai / Mordechai Anielewicz monument token (ND), circa. 1950s(?); not maker marked; iron; weight: 17.15g; size: 35mm. Obverse depicts Egyptian tank with legend "Yad Mordechai - Tank which was repulsed"; on reverse an impression of the Mordechai Anielewicz monument at the Kibbutz with legend "Yad Mordechai - the Monument". Interestingly the word "Yad" in Hebrew is written as "iad" quite...
Lot #263 - Medals related to Israel
Israel: uniface medallion of President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, probably before his death (1963) as no such mention after his name; 42mm, 37.25g.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $29. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark between the starting bid price and...
Lot #264 - Medals related to Israel
Israel: 'Gymnasia Herzliya' (Herzliya Gymnasium) 50th anniversary uniface bronze medal by Kretchmer, 1959; size: 45mm; weight: 53.65g. Obverse depicts the famous structure of the school (designed by Joseph Barsky; demolished 3 years later) and Hebrew legend below 'Gymnasia Herzliya | 5669-5719 [1909-1959]".
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This lot is being offered in a buy...
Lot #265 - Medals related to Israel
Israel: Chaim Nachman Bialik uniface portrait bronze medal by Kretchmer, ND; size: 45mm; weight: 50.8g. Depicts Bialik's famous pose with his name in Hebrew at left "H. N. Bialik" and Hebrew years of birth and death at right.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $29. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new...
Lot #266 - Medals related to Israel
Israel: "Mendele Mocher Sforim" (Sholem Yankev Abramovich) - 'Mendele the Book Seller' uniface portrait bronze medal by Shmuel Kretchmer, ND; size: 45.5mm; weight: 54.9g.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $29. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes...
Lot #267 - Medals related to Israel
Israel: 'Gymnasia Herzliya' medal, ND (1969?); not maker-marked (Kretchmer?); size: 60mm; weight: 96.15g. Obverse: original and new structures of the Gymnasium (High School); legend: "The Hebrew Gymnasium 'Herzliya'". Reverse: stylized quotation from Mishlei/ Proverbs Ch. 22 verse 6: "Train up a child in the way he should go". Although the Gymnasium was originally founded in 1905, the cornerstone of its famous structure (...
Lot #268 - Medals related to Israel
Israel: 'Liberation I' 10th Anniversary of Israel's Independence state medal in copper, 1958; designed by Rothschild and Lippmann; smooth rim; size: 61mm; weight: 104.65g. Depicts "Israel Liberata"/"Judea Capta" on obverse and reverse.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $29. This price will rise by...
Lot #269 - Medals related to Israel
Israel: 1959 B'nai B'rith Convention in Jerusalem medal in silver (1961); designed by Zvi Narkiss, minted by Zechovoy; size: 35.25mm; weight: 29.7g. Inscribed on the rim with State emblem, STATE OF ISRAEL (Hebrew and English), SILVER 935 (in Hebrew), STERLING (in English). In Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion's speech he warned that while a 'Hitler Holocaust' would never happen in America, "...
Lot #270 - Medals related to Israel
Israel: Shavit Rocket I state medal (SM-15), 1962, in bronze; designed by Miriam Karoli; size: 59.5mm; weight: 112.3g.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $29. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark between the starting bid price and...
Lot #271 - Medals related to Israel
Israel: Six Day War victory uniface commemorative bronze medal for Jerusalem, ND (circa. 1967); not maker marked (Abraham Elisha?); size: 61mm; weight: 109.5g. Obverse designed in rings: center ring depicts image of Jerusalem (Tower of David, Western Wall, Dome of the Rock, etc.) with legend in Hebrew and English "Jerusalem [of Gold]"; outer rings have same legend in Hebrew and English: "'Take Oath to us That...
Lot #272 - Medals related to Israel
US: small sized medal of Levi Eshkol "Prime Minister of Israel" with left facing relief portrait and English/Hebrew legend; on reverse a tribute to the Six-Day war; by Ralph J. Menconi for the Medallic Arts Company.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $29. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every...
Lot #273 - Medals related to Israel
Israel: Tel Aviv Museum inauguration medal in tombac, 1971; obverse design Rothschild and Lippman, reverse design by the Shamir Brothers; size: 59.5mm; weight: 96.7g. Unnumbered type, with date 19.4.1971 etched on rim.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $29. This price will rise by about 5-10% for...
Lot #274 - Medals related to Israel
Israel: PM Golda Meir / Knesset Building numbered medal by the Shekel Co.; size: 59.5mm; weight: 78.35g.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $29. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark between the starting bid price and the initial buyout price. In such...
Lot #275 - Medals related to Israel
South African Zionist Federation silvered bronze(?) token commemorating Israel's 25th anniversary, 1973; size: 32mm; weight: 13.95g. Obverse bears Israel's official emblem for her 25th anniversary; on reverse a dedication in Hebrew, English and Afrikaanse "Presented by the S[outh] A[frican] Zionist Federation". Jan Smuts' United Party recognized Israel just two days before his party was replaced in power by...
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