Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

"To the Sea!" – Poster Issued by the Hebrew Shipping Union – Tel-Aviv, Late 1930s

Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
"El HaYam!" [To the Sea!], color poster issued by the Hebrew Shipping Union. Buki advertising. Linol.: Zvi Bergman. Tel-Aviv: HaAretz Press, [ca. late 1930s].
Poster issued by the Hebrew Shipping Union, presumably published in proximity to the opening of the Tel-Aviv Port. At the center of the poster, a printed Hebrew inscription: "To the Sea! A port in Tel-Aviv! Hebrew Shipping! Pioneers of the sea! Remember: every passenger, every cargo box on a Hebrew ship – a stone for the building! / The Hebrew Shipping Union".
On the upper part of the poster appear four flags: the Zionist flag, the Palestine Shipping Co. Ltd. flag, the Palestine Maritime Lloyd Ltd. shipping company flag, and the Atid Navigation Company Ltd flag. The lower part of the poster shows ships sailing at sea.
63X95 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Creases. Several small tears along edges. Three paper stickers on verso (along edges).
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