Share certificate book of the Jewish Farmers' Company in Palestine Ltd. Tel Aviv: Shoshani press, 1945. Hebrew and English.
Book containing four documents certifying shares in the Jewish Farmers' Company in Palestine Ltd. The forms on the documents were filled-in in handwritten Hebrew. The shares are signed with the company's inked stamps, and with the company directors' personal signatures. Among these signatory directors is Tzvi Isaakson, president of the Farmers Federation of Israel from 1957 until 1974.
With 46 additional stubs (also filled in in handwriting) of share certificate that were torn off and handed to their owners so that they could be cashed.
The Jewish Farmers' Company in Palestine was founded in Tel Aviv by the Hebrew (or Jewish) Farmers Federation in March, 1941. The purpose of the company was to assist the country's Jewish community's farmers in establishing independent and economically viable enterprises in the wake of the recession and depressed economy that coincided with the outbreak of WWII. It was a parent company to a number of subsidiaries such as Amir Suppliers (founded in late 1942), Citrus Marketers (1944), Beit Ha'Ikar [Farmer's House], and others.
Enclosed: An additional share certificate of the Jewish Farmers' Company in Palestine, dated February, 1942 (filled in in handwriting, and signed with the inked stamp of the company and the personal signatures of its directors).
Share certificate book: 16X31 cm. Share certificate (without stub): 16X24 cm. Good condition. Stains. One share certificate detached from stub. Cover stained, with signs of wear, and with tear to inner edges, and paper sticker to front. Spine partly detached.