Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Collection of Items – Bringing Jabotinsky's Remains to Israel, 1964 – Sheet of Stamps Signed by Menachem Begin, Instructions for a Member of the Honor Guard alongside Jabotinsky's Coffin, and More

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Collection of items related to bringing the remains of Ze'ev Jabotinsky and his wife Yohana to burial in Israel, 1964:
1. "Ze'ev Jabotinsky Returns to the Homeland", a sheet of stamps issued in honor of bringing Jabotinsky's remains to burial in Israel.
A complete sheet of stamps (20 stamps), mounted to an envelope, with a postage stamp of the Israel Post and the inked stamp "Ze'ev Jabotinsky returns to the homeland / 28th of Tamuz 5724" (Hebrew). The envelope is hand-signed by Menachem Begin.
2. "Ze'ev Jabotinsky returns to the homeland, the operation to bring his bones – general briefing" (Hebrew), June 18, 1964.
A leaf of instructions (printed; with filled-in details) for a member of the honor guard that was placed alongside Jabotinsky's coffin at the Herbert Samuel Square in Tel-Aviv.
3-4. "Ze'ev Jabotinsky returns to the homeland", two cardboard tickets. Printed on one of them is the inscription "Invited to the funeral procession, Tel-Aviv, 8.7.64" (beneath it – a postage stamp of the Israel Post and the inked stamp "Ze'ev Jabotinsky returns to the homeland / 28th of Tamuz 5724" (Hebrew)).
5. "Ze'ev Jabotinsky returns to the homeland / 28th of Tamuz 5724", cover of a record (without the record). Printed on the front of the cover is Jabotinsky's portrait. Printed on its inside are the words of two songs – "Shir Betar" (The Song of Betar) and "Shir Asirei Akko" (The Song of Acre's Prisoners).
6. Newspaper clipping – photograph of Jabotinsky's funeral procession passing by the building of the Knesset in Jerusalem. Mounted to paper.
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Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel