29 postcards that were sent from Palestine in the late Ottoman Rule, bearing a variety of period postmarks. Palestine, 1898 to 1914.
Among the postmarks: postmarks of the Italian post in Jerusalem; postmarks of the Turkish post in Jaffa, Jericho, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Haifa and Tiberias; the Russian post in Jerusalem; the Austrian post in Jerusalem; the German post in Jaffa and Jerusalem; and additional postmarks.
One postcard is stamped with a postmark of the Jerusalem-Jaffa line railway post office, 1899.
Condition varies. Blemishes to some postcards.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

Some 230 items relating to modes of transport in Palestine (camels, donkeys, trains, airplanes, ships, submarines, zeppelins, buses, cable cars, automobiles, taxis, etc.). [From the early decades of the 20th century to the 2000s].
Included:
● Some 135 postcards and real-photo postcards. The postcards feature cargo transport on the backs of donkeys and camels, transportation in the cities of Palestine, airplanes, ships, submarines, and other modes of transport; some were printed on behalf of specific transport companies or airlines (including the Palestine [or Israel] Maritime League and the Israel Air Force) for purposes of advertisement. Most date from the years following the establishment of the State of Israel, but roughly 30 postcards are from the 1920s through the 1940s.
● Some 95 items of ephemera relating to transportation – photographs, flyers, receipts, brochures, pamphlets, single sheets. These include brochures and menus of the luxury ocean liner SS Conte di Savoia, which landed in the Port of Haifa in March 1935; permits to board a ship for business purposes (1930s and 1940s); preparatory sketches for an advertisement for the SS Polonia, by the graphic artist Sarah Rozman, Haifa, 1937; photos of sports cars in Palestine from the 1920s through the 1940s; a photograph of a zeppelin over Jerusalem; an issue of the aviation journal "HaTe'ufah"; passenger ticket for a journey on board the SS Tel Aviv from Haifa to Trieste (1930s); stationery and receipts of transportation and transport companies and Palestine-based travel agencies; time schedules and fare schedules for ship departures; bill of lading for a cargo ship; menu for the SS Israel liner; the album "Pages of Memoirs, History of the ‘Drom Yehudah' Cooperative" (Hebrew), edited by Zvi Rosenblum (illustration and layout by graphic designers Rothschild and Lipman), published by the directorate of the Drom Yehudah Cooperative bus company, 1956; tickets for the chair lift at the Mt. Hermon ski resort and the cable car at the Rosh Hanikra tourist site; receipts for "sherut" taxi services; additional items.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

110 items of ephemera related to the operations of the Zim shipping company. [Late 1940s to 1970s].
The collection includes dinner menus; tickets to events; informational brochures; greeting cards of various kinds; stationery; envelopes and philatelic items; napkins; some 75 "Shana Tova" postcards and greeting cards with photos of the company's various ocean liners and onboard facilities; and other items.
Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. was established in 1945 by the Jewish Agency, the Histadrut national trade union, and the Palestine Maritime League. Today it ranks among the world's 20 largest shipping and container transport companies.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

Large collection comprising some 420 train tickets and some 20 other items of ephemera related to the operations of train companies. Palestine, Israel, and Egypt, [1940s to 2000s; a small number of items from the early decades of the 20th century].
The collection includes some 420 Israel Railways train tickets from ca. 1960s till the 2000s, along with approximately 20 accompanying items of ephemera (timetables, receipts, postcards, etc.) issued by Israel Railways, Palestine Railways, and Egyptian State Railways.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.