Auction 97 Part 2 Rare and Important Items

Proclamation by the Provisional Government of Israel – May 14, 1948

Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for: $3,500
Including buyer's premium

"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.

Mandatory Palestine, the Declaration of Independence, and the Establishment of Israel
Mandatory Palestine, the Declaration of Independence, and the Establishment of Israel