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Lot 186

Share Certificate Designed by Meir Gur Aryeh – Hassolel, Palestine Society of Advertising and Publication

Blank share certificate of "Hassolel, Palestine Society of Advertising and Publication". Jerusalem: [ca. 1920].
Share certificate of Hassolel company, designed by Bezalel artist Meir Gur Aryeh. Series A (numbered A12).
"Hassolel, Palestine Society of Advertising and Publication" was established in Jerusalem, in 1919 by Itamar Ben-Avi, Menachem Asher Sapir, Alexander Aaronsohn, and others. The company published several newspapers: "Doʼar ha-yom, " its English version, the "Palestine Weekly" (later called the "Palestine Post, ") and the "Barid al-Yawm" (Arabic: Daily Mail).
23.5X29.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and creases. Some pinholes and minor tears to edges. Without stub.

Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.