Lot 262
"OZET" Organization - Illustrated Poster - Soviet Union, 1932
"OZET", Lottery No. 4". Illustrated poster advertising a lottery held by "OZET" (Society for Settling Toiling Jews on the Land). [Soviet Union, 1932]. Russian. Design: Mikhail Oskarovich Dalugatch (Михаил Оскарович Длугач).
Fine poster, printed in black and red. Inscription on top: "Build socialist Birobidzhan…".
The "OZET" organization was active in the U.S.S.R. in the years 1925-1938, with the aim of encouraging agricultural settlement among the Jews of the Soviet Union and finding appropriate locations for settling them. In 1928 OZET took upon itself the organization of Jewish settlement in Birobidzhan. Throughout its years of activity OZET held a number of lotteries for the general public. Revenue from the sale of lottery tickets was used to finance the organization's operational expenditures.
See items 261-263.
Approx. 49X69 cm. Good condition. Slight defects. Small open tear to lower left corner. Linen-backed for display and preservation.
