Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

"VeAf Al Pi Chen" - Poster Encouraging Tax Payment, 1947

Opening: $600
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Poster calling on citizens to pay the "National Tax" to the United Palestine Appeal (Keren HaYesod), on behalf of the UPA National Committee in Palestine. Advertising agency: "Machner", Linol print: "Z. Bergman Institute", "HaPoel HaTzair" Cooperative Printing Press Ltd., [November 1947].
Poster in blue, light blue and white, with the flag of Israel and the UPA emblem in the background. In the center is a chart detailing the achievements of the Zionist enterprise and the necessity of increasing the nation's capital: "An anchor for those still at sea, a lever for absorbing new immigrants… a base for steadfast settlement…"
48X68.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases, pencil marking on lower margins. Small open tear to lower right corner. The entire poster is mounted on thin acid-free paper.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
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