Illustrated advertising poster for "Sport" cigarettes. "Monsohn" lithographic press, Jerusalem, [second half of the 1930s]. Hebrew and English.
Fine illustration of two sprinters, beneath them a box of "Sport" cigarettes and the inscription, "The healthiest cigarette you can smoke".
Approx. 65X47 cm. Good condition. Stains to bottom part of the poster. Some repaired tears. Open tears, repaired, to bottom right corner and bottom part of the poster (with damage to printer's details and to part of the illustration).
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.

Poster of the "F. Saphir Piano-House", advertising the sale of pianos made by Monington & Weston. No printer or year noted, [Tel Aviv, first half of the 1930s / 1940s]. Design: Peretz Ruschkewitz (signed in Hebrew: "Rushkevitz Tel Aviv"). Hebrew and English.
Fine poster. In the center is a piano illustration by Peretz Ruschkewitz.
Approx. 94.5X63 cm. Good condition. Some foxing and dampstains. Creases. Faded stamp. Some small tears to margins and fold lines (partly repaired). The fold lines are reinforced with thin acid-free paper.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.

Informative poster on the subject of a uniform tax in Palestine, on behalf of the Histadrut (the Workers' Organization). No printer or year noted, [Palestine, 1937]. Signed in Hebrew: "Shnoyer" [David Shne'or?], "Dr. Y. Shapira Advertising". Hebrew.
Fine poster, printed in black and blue. At the top is an illustration showing the card of a Histadrut member, with blue stamps indicating the uniform tax has been paid for the first months of 1937. In the background are cement buildings with the inscriptions, "Unemployment Fund", "Histadrut Tax", "Kupat Holim", "Disability Fund".
Beneath the illustration is an explanation regarding the uniform tax and a call to Histadrut members to bring their old cards to the tax bureau and have them replaced with new ones.
The uniform tax was introduced in 1937, combining two separate taxes previously levied by the Histadrut HaKlalit - the organizational tax and the payment for Kupat Holim (Health Maintenance Organization) membership.
96X63 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and some stains. Some repaired tears to margins. The entire poster is mounted on thin acid-free paper.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.

"To every Jew owning a Radio!", a poster calling on the public to pay the "Tav HaRadio" (radio tax) to "Kofer HaYishuv". Linol: Zvi Bergman, "HaPo'el HaTza'ir" Cooperative Printing Press, Tel-Aviv, 1942. Design: Oskar Lachs. Hebrew.
"Hundreds of settlements, towns and villages… call on you to fortify their walls… a small donation of 100 Mil per year is one of the sources of our security…". To the left of the text appears an illustration of a watchtower.
95X63 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases, some stains. Small tears. Mounted on acid-free paper.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.

"The Builders will Build - The Defenders will Defend - The Ma'apilim will Ascend", illustrated poster printed on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Histadrut (General Organization of Jewish Workers in Palestine). Levine-Epstein Press, [Tel Aviv, 1945]. Design: Atelier Machner-Wallish. Signed in the plate: "MW". Hebrew.
Illustration of a menorah lamp, with different scenes of Zionist enterprises appearing on each candle: a tractor plowing the ground with a water tower and guard tower in the background, a building under construction, a ship of ma'apilim (illegal immigrants), and more.
Approx. 49.5X70 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Some small tears, repaired, to margins and fold lines.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.