Argentina: Santa Isabel Jewish Colony silver jubilee commemoration brass token, 1933; not maker-marked; 34.5mm, 13.3g. Obv.: 7-line leg. "Silver Anniversary of the Village and Colony of Santa Ysabel FCP/Central Pacific Railroad(?) 9 February 1933". Rev.: triangle w/ industry, agriculture & learning devices; leg."Peace, Culture, Progress". Founded 1908 by Jewish Colonization Association (supported Jewish...
Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5
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Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5
Our new mail auction opens 1 Oct. and runs until 20:00 Israel-time on Wed. Oct. 25th. The sale features a nicely developed and balanced selection of 661 lots of high quality items covering ancient to modern numismatics & exonumia; Judaica (religious books, Rabbinic letters and signatures, Hassidic items, medallic items and ephemera) and Judaic tokens & medals; Israeliana; Jewish, Israeli & Arabian militaria and philately. There are 661 single-item and multiple-item lots, something for every taste and interest. More information is available here.
The philatelic offering is our best yet, highlighted by an extraordinary assembly of postal history documenting the Arab-Israeli conflict (1947 to present); WWII postal links w/Palestine; ‘Baghdad overland mail’; 1948-era mail incl. Israeli interim-period, emergency + early foreign postal links, besieged towns, early postage dues & mail of Arab armies in Palestine; Mandate & Israeli postal history; Mandate cachets & postal markings; Red Cross & POW mail; censored mail; British WWI EEF mail from Egypt; rare Jerusalem postmarks; Jewish/Zionist stamps; Jewish Brigade & displaced persons mail.
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Lot #50064LA - Numismatics > Community & Charity tokens
China: Harbin "Jewish Music-Drama Society" copper token (ND), c. 1910s-1920's; no marker marks; 27mm, 8.05g. Obv.: Russian leg. "Jew[ish] Mus[ical]-Dramat[ic] Society Harbin", w/ 2 Chinese chars. in center. Rev.: crowned figure w/ lyre; Russian leg. "Czar [King] David" - possibly the society's name. Russian lettering on rev. written right-to-left like Hebrew. In AU w/luster & toning. Jews turned Harbin into "Paris of...
Lot #50065LA - Numismatics > Community & Charity tokens
Russia/Ukraine: Balta (Odessa region) Jewish community 3 Kopek bronze token, circa. 1880s; 1.45g, 18mm. Obv.: number "3"; Ukrainian leg. "контора коробочнаго сбора балта" ['office boxed collection of Balta']. Rev.: swan image. Jewish tokens from the Odessa region all bear image of swan & identified by phrase 'office box collection', a ref. to community levy imposed by the 'Kahal'. The Russian govt. required Kahal-im to...
Lot #50066LA - Numismatics > Community & Charity tokens
Ukraine: Shepetivka/ Shepetovka 1 Karbovanets Jewish community bronze token, c.1900; 2.7cm, 7.85g. Obv.: "1 Karb[ovanets]"; Ukr. leg. "Jewish Community Council of Shepetivka" ("ЕВРЕЙЬ ГРОМАД РАДА ШЕПЕТІВЬБКА"). Rev.: cluster of grapes; Heb. leg. "Ha Tzibur Ha Ivri Shel ha Iriya" ("The Hebrew Populace of the City Hall"; 'Iriya' may be mistake for 'Ayara' - 'small town'; many sp. mistakes). A Hassidic center in 18-19th Cent.;...
Lot #50067LA - Numismatics > Community & Charity tokens
Austria/Hungary: Mattersdorf (Mattersburg) Jewish community copper token, c. late 18th-early 19th Cent.; not maker-marked; 26.5mm, 4.75g. Same design on both sides: wheat(?) branch interlocked with olive/berry branch. Obv.: initials "IGM" ('Israelitische Gemeinde Matzelsdorf'). Rev.: Hebrew initials Kuf-Mem-Daled ("KMD"). All sources (quoting Neumann) call this a "slaughter token" & say Heb. letters mean...
Lot #50068LA - Numismatics > Community & Charity tokens
US: Federation of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of NYC "Luck Piece" charity token, 1926; in silvered bronze, by Whitehead & Hoag; size: 38.25mm; weight: 19.45g. Issued for organization's decade anniversary fundraiser; was honored by phone-call from President Coolidge in 1924.
Lot #50069LA - Numismatics > Community & Charity tokens
Palestine/Syria: Lot x2 charity tokens, c. 19th Cent. 1) token ex Aleppo (Halab), Syria, ND (circa. late 19th C.); leg. "BiTzdaka Tikonani" [Isaiah 54 v.14] ('In righteousness shalt thou be established'), + "101" (gematric reference to Angel Michael, associated w/charity) bet. words & letters "bet" + "kaf" ('Beit Knesset') on either side; 1.95cm, 0.25g. 2) Eretz Israel token w/4 Heb. letters on 2 rows, spelling "Tzdaka...
Lot #50070LA - Numismatics > Community & Charity tokens
Palestine/Russia?: bronze Rishon LeZion Jewish settlement token, c. late 19th C. (1889/92?); size: 28.5 x 34mm; weight: 7.7g. Obv.: orchard & fields of RLZ; Heb. date of est. "5642" (1882) in exergue & legend around (Yeshayahu, ch. 41); rev. twin windows: depicting prayers at Western Wall & seed sower & leg. (Psalms, 14). Possibly issued when local Great Synagogue inaugurated (1889) or when RLZ was 10 years...
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