Lot 257
Collection of "Shanah Tovah" Postcards and Greeting Cards
Some 45 "shanah tovah" postcards and greeting cards. Various publishers, Poland, Germany, France, Israel and elsewhere, late 19th century and 20th century.
The collection comprises: • Postcards depicting holiday customs and scenes of Jewish life – Tashlich, Kiddush, lighting candles and more. • Romantic postcards depicting happy families and children bearing flowers. • Postcards and greeting cards decorated with flowers, garlands and other ornaments. Including: A postcard with a New Year greeting in Hebrew and German, sent in 1895; "shanah tovah" greeting card (gold in on red transparency), with greetings in French and Hebrew; a postcard with the greeting "May you be inscribed for a good year" (Hebrew) depicting a farmer sowing his land, published by JNF in Poland. • Postcard with a picture of the sender, illustration of the Technion in Haifa and a greeting in Hebrew. • Postcard with a picture of IDF soldiers. • And more.
Three of the postcards have undivided backs.
Size and condition vary.
