Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
One Palestine Pound Banknote, Anglo-Palestine Bank – Hand-Signed by David Ben-Gurion, 1948
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,625
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One Palestine Pound banknote of the Anglo-Palestine Bank, hand-signed by David Ben-Gurion. [September 1948].
One Palestine Pound banknote of the Anglo-Palestine Bank, hand-signed by then- Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion – "D. Ben-Gurion" (Hebrew; in blue ink).
This banknote was sent to Zionist leader and writer Leon Gellman (1887-1971), in New York, on the occasion of the first Rosh Hashana after the establishment of the State of Israel (1948).
Enclosed: a letter (typewritten in English, on JNF stationery) that was enclosed with the banknote, from September 20, 1948, signed by the director of the overseas department of the JNF Eliyahu (Elias) M.Epstein (1895-1958).
Banknote: 15X7.5 cm. Good condition. Letter: [1] f., 28 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Stains and minor blemishes.
One Palestine Pound banknote of the Anglo-Palestine Bank, hand-signed by then- Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion – "D. Ben-Gurion" (Hebrew; in blue ink).
This banknote was sent to Zionist leader and writer Leon Gellman (1887-1971), in New York, on the occasion of the first Rosh Hashana after the establishment of the State of Israel (1948).
Enclosed: a letter (typewritten in English, on JNF stationery) that was enclosed with the banknote, from September 20, 1948, signed by the director of the overseas department of the JNF Eliyahu (Elias) M.Epstein (1895-1958).
Banknote: 15X7.5 cm. Good condition. Letter: [1] f., 28 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Stains and minor blemishes.
Manuscripts, Autographs
Manuscripts, Autographs