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![Postcard bearing a message handwritten and personally signed by David Ben-Gurion. Tel Aviv, 6th Iyar [May 15], 1948. The post](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale97/140_1.jpg "\"The State of Israel is Born\" – Autograph Postcard, Signed by David Be")
![Postcard bearing a message handwritten and personally signed by David Ben-Gurion. Tel Aviv, 6th Iyar [May 15], 1948. The post](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale97/140_2.jpg "\"The State of Israel is Born\" – Autograph Postcard, Signed by David Be")
Postcard bearing a message handwritten and personally signed by David Ben-Gurion. Tel Aviv, 6th Iyar [May 15], 1948.
The postcard is addressed to Ben-Gurion's lifelong friend, Shlomo Lavi; written the day following the establishment of the state of Israel:
"When we first arrived here in Palestine, you as Levkovich and I as Grün, holding the banner of labor in our hands, we discovered malaria, swamps, and an Ottoman regime rife with corruption. But now, though the roar of artillery has yet to be silenced, and our sons fight on the front, our heart is joyful at the sight of such great progress" (Hebrew).
The postcard is signed off with something of a personal declaration regarding the establishment of the new state: "The Jewish people have attained the epitome, the very essence of their existence; the State of Israel is born, D. Ben-Gurion".
Shlomo Lavi (Levkovich; 1882-1963), among the foremost visionaries behind the original concept of the kibbutz, close, lifelong friend of David Ben-Gurion, described by Ben-Gurion as "the most extraordinary individual of the Second Aliyah". Like Ben-Gurion, Lavi was born in the Polish town of Plonsk, and was a member of "Ezra", the Zionist youth group founded by Ben-Gurion and Shlomo Zemach. Lavi immigrated to Palestine in 1905, worked as a laborer in the Sejera agricultural colony, at the Atid Company’s vegetable oil factory, and at the Kinneret Farm, and was one of the founding fathers of the HaShomer Jewish civil defense organization. As a member of Kvutzat Kinneret (Kinneret Group), he conceived the idea of "HaKvutzah HaGedolah" (the "Large Group") – a concept that would soon develop into what became known as the "kibbutz". In 1921, he became one of the founders of Kibbutz Ein Harod. Following the establishment of the State of Israel, he served as a member of the First and Second Knesset.
9X14 cm. Postmark and "Doar Ivri" postage stamp. Good condition. Stains, mostly to bottom right corner. Punch hole in left margin, causing slight damage to text.
"Proclamation to All Inhabitants of the State of Israel", poster-form proclamation sheet issued by the Provisional Government of Israel. Tel Aviv: "HaPo’el HaTza’ir" Cooperative Print, 5th Iyar / May 14, 1948. Hebrew.
The first proclamation issued by the newly constituted Provisional Government of Israel. Printed in the national colors of the State of Israel, blue on white, and bearing an official message from the new government to its citizens (Hebrew): "In a period of supreme challenge, in days in which we are under malicious attack by our enemies, the Provisional Government has taken the rule in Israel into its own hands. Our State is the finest expression of a vision [which has persisted] for generations. We are commanded to defend the realization of this vision with all our strength".
Approx. 60X92 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Minor blemishes to edges. Tiny pinholes in corners. Inked stamp and several notations on verso. Mounted with strips of adhesive tape on verso. Framed.
29 issues of newspapers and special publications circulated on the day of the State of Israel’s Declaration of Independence and two days thereafter. Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and other places, May 14-16, 1948 (one newspaper issue dated May 13). Hebrew and other languages.
Extraordinarily large collection of issues of newspapers and special publications printed on the day Israel’s Declaration of Independence was delivered (Friday, May 14, 1948), and on the subsequent Saturday night and Sunday (May 15-16).
The headlines are dedicated to the Declaration of Independence, and other newsworthy events, namely those that came in the immediate aftermath of the Declaration: the invasion of Arab armies, the battles of the War of Independence (who's most challenging and troubling phase had broken out then and there), the annulment of the restrictions of the White Paper, recognition granted to the newly established State of Israel by nations of the world, and more. The collection includes issues of the vast majority of the country’s Hebrew daily newspapers of those days, in addition to one-off publications issued specially in honor of the Declaration; issues of newspapers from embattled Jerusalem (then completely under siege); and newspapers printed for the benefit of Jewish survivors of the Holocaust still stranded in Europe.
Included in the collection:
Eleven Hebrew newspaper issues and special publications dated to the day of Israel’s Declaration of Independence, 5th Iyar, May 14, 1948: · "Yom HaMedinah", a joint newspaper of all the country's newspapers; · "Hazofeh"; · "Al HaMishmar"; · "Davar"; · "Mivrak"; · "HaBoker"; · "Yedioth Ahronoth"; · "HaYom"; · "Yedioth Yerushalyim"; · "HaMagen"; · "Likutei Devarim LePoalei Yerushalayim".
Five newspaper issues and special publications from Saturday night, May 15, 1948, following the day of Israel’s Declaration of Independence: · "Mivrak"; · "Yedioth Maariv"; · "Iton Haitonayim"; · "Befrayung" (Yiddish); · "Wyzwolenie" (Polish); · "Witamy Pierwszy Zydowski w Niepodleglej Palestynie" (Polish).
Twelve newspaper issues and special publications from Sunday, May 16, 1948, following the day of Israel’s Declaration of Independence: · "Haaretz"; · "HaBoker"; · "Hatzofeh"; · "Al HaMishmar"; · "Yedioth Yerushalayim"; · "Davar"; · "Davar", special issue; · "HaMashkif"; · "Yom Yom"; · "Yedioth Hadashot"; · "Yedioth Hayom" (German); · "New York Post" (English).
Newspaper issue from May 13, 1948, the day preceding the reading of Israel’s Declaration of Independence: "Ashmoreth".
Enclosed: four additional Hebrew publications: · "Iton Rishmi", issue no. 1 (May 14, 1948); · "Iton Rishmi", issue no. 1 (typewritten and stenciled copy) [May 14, 1948?]; · "HaBoker – Children's Magazine" (May 20, 1948); · "Kol Yaldei Alyiat HaNoar" (May-June 1948).
[29] newspaper issues. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
Collection including 49 banknotes issued by the Anglo-Palestine Bank, Bank Leumi le-Israel, Bank of Israel, and the Government of Israel. 1948-1985.
This collection comprises six series: the fractional note issues (1948-1952); the Anglo-Palestine Bank series (1948); the Bank Leumi le-Israel series (1952); series I-IV of the Bank of Israel (1955-1975); the ("old") Shekel series (1980); and the New Israeli Shekel series (1985). All the series are entirely complete, with one exception: the 50-Pound bill from the Anglo-Palestine Bank series is missing.
The present collection was on display at "HerzLilenblum" – a museum of banking and Tel Aviv nostalgia, for 13 years, until the museum’s closure in 2019 (certification attached).
A list of the currency notes and their respective condition:
· The fractional note issues, 1948-1952: 50-Mil "carpet" bill (Pick #6), 100-Mil "carpet" bill (Pick #7), 50-Pruta bill (Pick #10c), 100-Pruta bill (Pick #12c), 250-Pruta bill (Pick #13c). Condition: VF-EF+.
· Anglo-Palestine Bank series, 1948: 500-Mil bill (Pick #14), one-Pound bill (Pick #15), 5-Pound bill (Pick #16), 10-Pound bill (Pick #17). Condition: VF-VF+.
· Bank Leumi le-Israel series, 1952: 500-Pruta bill (Pick #19), one-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #20), 5-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #21), 10-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #22), 50-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #23). Condition: VF-EF+.
· Bank of Israel – First series of the Pound (the landscapes series), 1955: 500-Pruta bill (Pick #24), one-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #25), 5-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #26), 10-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #27), 50-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #28a). Condition: VF+-AU.
· Bank of Israel – second series of the pound (the portraits series), 1958: ½-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #29), one-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #30c), 5-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #31), 10-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #32d), 50-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #33d). Condition: AU-UNC.
· Bank of Israel – third series of the pound (the prominent personalities in Jewish history series), 1968: 5-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #34b), 10-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #35c), 50-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #36b), 100-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #37c). Condition: UNC.
· Bank of Israel – fourth series of the pound (the Gates of Jerusalem series), 1973-1975: 5-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #38), 10-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #39), 50-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #40), 100-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #41), 500-Israeli-Pound bill (Pick #42). Condition: UNC.
· Bank of Israel – Shekel Series, 1980: one-shekel bill (Pick #43), 5-shekel bill (Pick #44), 10-shekel bill (Pick #45), 50-shekel bill (Pick #46), 100-shekel bill (Pick #47), 500-shekel bill (Pick #48), 1000-shekel bill (Pick #49), 5000-shekel bill (Pick #50), 10000-shekel bill (Pick #51). Condition: UNC.
· Bank of Israel – New Israeli Shekel Series (Series A), 1985: one-New-Israeli-shekel bill (Pick #51A), 5-New-Israeli-shekel bill (Pick #52a), 10-New-Israeli-shekel bill (Pick #53c), 20-New-Israeli-shekel bill (Pick #54c), 50-New-Israeli-shekel bill (Pick #55c), 100-New-Israeli-shekel bill (Pick #56c), 200-New-Israeli-shekel bill (Pick #57a). Condition: AU-UNC.
Enclosed: · Two cardboard tokens of 5-Pruta value, "Good for one ride through the services of the Dan (Bus) Company", Tel Aviv, [1950s]. · Printed certification issued by the Israel Discount Bank, Ltd., attesting to the fact that this particular collection of banknotes was on display at the HerzLilenblum Museum. Dated in handwriting, January 4, 2023.