Germany > Brandenburg: Joseph and His Brothers inflationary Jeton ("Josefs-Jeton" - "Joseph und Seine Bruder" teuerungsjeton), 1772; struck in copper; by Johann Christian Reich; 29mm, 6.8g. Obverse depicts Joseph (with right hand over sack of corn) and his brothers (kneeling before him) surmounted by German legend "LIEB DIE BRÜDER GOTT GIBTS WIEDER" (loosely translated as "The Brother...
HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale
By: Historama
Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale
Monday 8-04-2019 Timed Sale at Bidspirit.com @ 19:15 Israel-time | LOTS #1-579
Numismatics | Judaic Tokens & Medals | Banknotes | Arabiana | Israeliana | Judaica | Militaria | Ephemera
Tuesday 9-04-2019 @ 20:00 Israel-time | LOTS #580-1313
Stamps | Postal History | Philately | Paraphilately | Philatelic Documents
Welcome you to our 7th auction, this being our first in the format of a 'Buy or Bid' sale, where lots may be bid-on or purchased outright; there are over 1300 attractive lots on offer. The sale features items in every one of our areas of specialty, and is probably the largest (and best) selection of Judaic, Holyland and Israeli collectibles for sale anywhere at this time. Featured subjects include ancient & modern coins; Jewish tokens & medals; Jewish, Mandate & Israeli militaria; World War II collaborationist and Holocaust-related militaria; loose & affixed stamps of the Holyland, Egypt and the JNF; postal history of all periods and across all themes and subjects from the Holyland, Mandate, Israel, the Palestinian Authority & near east, as well as worldwide wartime (WWI / WWII) civilian and military mail (from 'horseshoe' and pre-'horseshoe route' mail to post-Third Reich 'uberroller' & displaced persons mail), mail of the Arab-Israeli conflict & 'postkrieg', Hijack/Terror mail + American Civil War Confederate States of America philately - a new subject area for us (students of Israeli & Interim postal history - unusual routes, special rates & key dates - will recognize many similar characteristics to their CSA counterpart); plus Judaica, Israeliana, Arabiana, banknotes and other areas of interest. There are many unique and 'discovery' items in this sale, and many fascinating objects both old and contemporary worth your attention.
The sale itself is divided into 2 parts, one covering non-philatelic fields (lots 1 - 579), and one covering philately (lots 580 - 1313). The period between now and the published 'end times' of the two parts of sale functions as a 'pre-sale' period: during this time lots may be bid on in a standard mail auction manner (bids submitted in writing) or through the online auction program, or be purchased outright. The published opening bid prices are the minimum bid prices, and the buyout prices (displayed below the lot descriptions) are mostly set 50% above the opening bid levels (traditionally "best" bids, which win a lot even before an auction's end are set to 3x the opening bid price). These "buy it now" prices are dynamic: they will rise by 5-10% for every bid received on a lot once the current bid level passes the midway point between the starting bid price and the original buyout price - please visit our home site historama.com/auctions or contact us for the updated buy-out prices. This is not intended to take advantage of interest in a lot but rather to avoid discouraging bidders from continuing to bid on an item of interest. As of now, at the end of the pre-sale period for Part 1 of the sale (non-philatelic items), available lots will be offered for sale in a timed live sale on our page at Bidspirit.com; Part 2 (philately) will run as a mail auction until the published end date and time, with 5 minute time-extensions if bids are received in the last minute of the sale (or time extension).
Once the sale is over it will take a few days to issue official "winner" notifications. Please bear with us, as the more broadly the sale is displayed and the more people participate, the more complex the process of collating all the bids from various sources and actioning special requests. The winner notification email contains a link to our automated checkout on the site - and this process generates the invoice. Please check your "spam" folder for the mail (from "historama-auctions") if it doesn't reach your inbox within 2-3 days of the sale's end. Unsold lots will be available for direct purchase after the sale - but may be displayed at a higher price than the opening bid levels for the sale: we do this to discourage fence-sitting during the sale; the opening bid prices are competitively set in order to encourage bidding. Here I should emphasize that the opening bid prices are not a reflection of our evaluation of a lot’s worth: where possible I have added an estimated value at the end of a product description, but a low starting price should not be construed as a lack of understanding of a lot’s worth.
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Lot #177 - Medals: Anti-Semitic & Satirical
Germany > Brandenburg: Joseph and His Brothers inflationary Jeton ("Josefs-Jeton" - "Joseph und Seine Bruder" Rechenpfennig), 1772; struck in copper; by Johann Christian Reich; 30mm, 6g. Obverse depicts Joseph (without corn-sack) and his brothers (kneeling before him) surmounted by German legend "DIE THEURUNG IM LAND. MACHT IOSEPH BEKANT." (loosely translated as "The Famine in the Land...
Lot #178 - Medals: Anti-Semitic & Satirical
Germany > Brandenburg: Joseph and His Brothers inflationary Jeton ("Josefs-Jeton" - "Joseph und Seine Bruder" Rechenpfennig), 1772; struck in brass; by Johann Christian Reich; 29.25mm, 6.8g. Obverse depicts Joseph (without corn-sack) and his brothers (kneeling before him) surmounted by German legend "DIE THEURUNG IM LAND. MACHT IOSEPH BEKANT." (loosely translated as "The Famine in the Land...
Lot #179 - Medals: Anti-Semitic & Satirical
Great Britain: Merchant of Venice medal (ND); struck in silver; by Philip Nathan; 44.25mm, 40.85g: obverse bears quotation from the play, [the heroine Portia to the Jew Shylock, before the court]: "Tarry a little… This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood", surrounded by flowers around the edge and at top the emblem of the Royal Shakespeare Company. On reverse, the scene from Act IV, Scene I of the play....
Lot #180 - Medals: Anti-Semitic & Satirical
Germany: Deggendorf Church Host Desecration 500th Anniversary pewter medal, 1837; medallist signed (not discernable); size: 43.5mm; weight: 18.4g. Obverse German legend: "ZUR / ERINNERUNG / DES 500 JÅHRIGEN / JUBILAEUM / IN DER HEIL GRAB / KIRCHE / DEGGENDORF / 1837". Reverse: image of Church altar & devices, medallist's name in exergue; German leg: "GRAB CHRISTI DEGGENDORF FILIAL KIRCHE HEIL *". ...
Lot #181 - Medals: Anti-Semitic & Satirical
Germany > Bavaria: double-struck silver homage medal commemorating Albrecht (Albert) III der Fromme, Duke of Bavaria-Munich, by Franz Andreas Schega (1711-1787), circa. 1766-70; not maker marked; size: 39.5mm; weight: 28.85g. On obverse right-facing portrait of Albert with legend "ALBERTUS III • BOIOR • DUX •". On reverse 9-line legend in Latin, highlighting Albrecht's (1438-1460) accomplishments, among them the...
Lot #182 - Medals: Anti-Semitic & Satirical
Germany > Bavaria: bronze medal commemorating Albrecht (Albert) III der Fromme, Duke of Bavaria-Munich; by Franz Andreas Schega (1711-1787); circa. 1766-70; 39.5mm, 34.1g. Obverse depicts bust of Albertus in hat with Latin legend "ALBERTUS III. BOIOR.DUX.". On reverse, reverse bears a 9-line legend in Latin, highlighting Albrecht's (1438-1460) accomplishments, among them the expulsion of the Jews...
Lot #183 - Medals: Anti-Semitic & Satirical
Germany: Friedrich Ludwig Jahn anti-Semitic cast iron tallion, c. 1870s-1880's; not maker-marked; 36x36mm, 16.5g. Obverse: right facing Jahn & legend "Wer Jahn ehrt * Des Juden wehrt" ("Where Jahn is honored, the Jews protect themselves"). Reverse: "Turner Cross" ("Turnerkreuz") device surrounded by oakleaves wrapped by 3 ribbons on each side with various dates. Jahn's worldview incorporated anti-...
Lot #184 - Medals: Anti-Semitic & Satirical
France: Philippe Duc D'Orleans / anti-Dreyfus medal, 1900; struck in brass (silvered); designer unknown (unmarked); 30.5mm, 8g: obverse bears left facing bust of Philippe VIII and general legend in French around; reverse, text in center and around edge (in capital letters): "Je replacerai mon pays au premier rang des nations avec le concours de tous les vrais Francais / Je ne vengerai que les injures faites a la patrie *...
Lot #185 - Medals: Anti-Semitic & Satirical
Austria: Dr. Carl Lueger, Mayor of Vienna 60th birthday medal in bronze (1904) by Rudolph Ferdinand Marschall (Austria); 60mm, 68.65g. Depicts right facing bust of Lueger with legend "BÜRGERMEISTER DR • CARL LUEGER" and "R•MARSCHALL FEC•" on two lines next to bust. On reverse 11 line legend in German: "in grateful love to a great man by Christian Austria on his 60th Birthday". Karl Lueger (1844-1910;...
Lot #186 - Medals: Anti-Semitic & Satirical
France: "General Auguste Mercier Judge of the Traitor Dreyfus" medal, 1906; struck in bronze; designed by J. Baffier and minted by Janvier-Duval; weight: 54.15g; size: 50mm. Obverse depicts left facing bust of Mercier, with legend around rim and "Souscription Nationale" ("national fundraiser") below; on reverse within leafed frame, a 12-line excerpt of Mercier's refusal to accept the French...
Lot #187 - Medals: Anti-Semitic & Satirical
Germany: Adolf Stocker anti-Semitic bronze political jeton, Reichstag elections 1880-1881; not maker-marked; 24mm, 4.55g. Obverse: German legend "Hoch Stöcker, Forster, Henrici. Vivant Sequentes"; reverse: Berlin coat of arms & exclamation "Hep! Hep". Stocker was the Kaiser's court chaplain who promoted ideology of "cultural-Protestantism", viewing capitalism & industrialization as causing social...
Lot #188 - Medals: Anti-Semitic & Satirical
Austria(?): Judas Iscariot/ Jesus medal (ND), circa. 1915; blackened bronze cast; not maker-marked; size: 61.75mm, weight: 73.45g. Obverse: 'Jewish-looking' Judas whispering to stern-looking Jesus; legend: "Judas Jscharioth". Reverse: 4-lined legend above coat of arms: "DEM ERZVERRÄTER AUS DEM HAUSE SAVOYEN" ['The Arch-Traitor from the House of Savoy']. May be a reference to Italy's Triple Alliance...
Lot #189 - Tokens: Jewish businesses
Australia: Levy Brothers of Melbourne [Jewish] merchant copper Penny 1855 (A.320, KM #Tn147); size: 33.75mm; weight: 15.85g; in VF+. Obverse: double ring legend: "Levy Brothers • Arcade, Melbourne" and 4-line legend within: "Importers of Fancy Goods". Reverse: 'Justice' with "Australia" above & date in exergue. In 1852 the Levy brothers, Goodman, Nathaniel and Lewis, established a luxury goods warehouse...
Lot #190 - Tokens: Jewish businesses
Australia > Tasmania: Halfpenny mule token issued by Ruben Josephs, Van Diemen's Land toll gate operator, 1855; minted by W.J. Taylor of London; size: 27.75mm; weight: 6g. Obverse: toll gate with legend around "New Town Toll Gate * R. Josephs *". Reverse: 'Justice' seated on wool bale & commerce symbols; legend "Van Diemen's Land | 1855". Josephs was a convict transported to Australia in 1827, gained...
Lot #191 - Tokens: Jewish businesses
Australia > Tasmania: Penny mule token issued by Ruben Josephs, Van Diemen's Land toll gate operator, 1855; minted by W.J. Taylor of London; size: 33.75mm; weight: 14.05g. Obverse: toll gate with legend around "New Town Toll Gate * R. Josephs *". Reverse: 'Justice' seated on wool bale & commerce symbols; legend "Van Diemen's Land | 1855". Josephs was a convict transported to Australia in 1827, gained...
Lot #192 - Tokens: Jewish businesses
Austria: Jacob Rothberger (Jewish clothing deparment store) brass token with depiction of the building on reverse, not maker-marked, in AU; size: 23.75mm; weight: 5.45g
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $39. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark...
Lot #193 - Tokens: Jewish businesses
Barbados: Moses Tolanto unredeemed Farthing ND, in copper; size: 21.75mm; weight: 4.5g. Obverse: bale with initials "M.T" at top; legend around "Moses Tolanto Barbados". Reverse: barrel at center with initials "MT" at top; legend around "Freedom Without Slavery "; rosette at base. Lacking slash-marks, this is a scarce example of an unredeemed token. Moses Tolano (1814-1852; surname misspelled on token)...
Lot #194 - Tokens: Jewish businesses
Egypt: Maspero Brothers Cigarette company bronze token, circa. 1930s; not maker-marked; size: 22.75mm; weight: 4.55g. Obverse: stylized face set against the sun(?); French legend "Maspero Freres Ltd • Caire - Egypte". Reverse: oval eye-like device; French title above & below "Cigarettes Egyptiennes". In VF-EF: even on better grade examples, the bottom stroke of oval device on reverse is unclear (from weak die strike)....
Lot #195 - Tokens: Jewish businesses
France: Alfred Dreyfus of Lyon drapery business promotional token (ND), c. 1880s-90s; not maker-marked; size: 32mm; weight: 8.8g. Obverse 6 lined legend in French: "A La Ville de Lyon | Magasin de Nouveautés | Alfred Dreyfus • | Galarie du Roi No1 | Rue de Bouchers . 42 . 44 | Bruxelles". On reverse 7 lined legend: "A La Ville de Lyon | On a 3 Jours Pour Obtenir | Le Remboursement des Articles | Qui ne Conviendraient Plus |...
Lot #196 - Tokens: Jewish businesses
Germany (Poland) > Posen: 15 Wert-Mark octagonal zinc business token of the watthour-meter factory business founded by Jewish electrical-engineer Prof. Dr. Hermann Aron (1845-1913), who invented first accurate watt-hour meter; c. 1917; 21.75 x 21.75mm, 1.95g. His business included factories in London, Paris & Vienna; son Manfred assumed management of business, and with growing anti-Semitism, in 1929,...
Lot #197 - Tokens: Jewish businesses
Lot 5x European/Jewish merchant & business tokens, c. early 20th Cent.: 1) Germany: Rudolph Hertzog (manufacturer) of Berlin decagonal brass token; 2) Italy Michelangelo Jesurum & Co. (lace-maker) encased 1 Centisimo token, 1904; 3) Germany: Firma Valentin Manheimer (confectionary) 75th anniversary copper token, 1914, by Ludwig Ostermann (Forrer listed v4 p.335)...
Lot #198 - Tokens: Jewish businesses
Lot 17x German & Austrian (1pc) Jewish merchant/business tokens, c. early 20th Cent.: 2x Hermann Tietz of Berlin - 1pf Wertmarke in silvered zinc? + brass 5pf [wertmark]; Ludwig Lowe of Berlin 1 pf token for drink or tea, silvered zinc(?); F. Rosenfeld of Hernals Hauptstraße 49 Vienna 'Geschäfts-Marke' business token in heavy tin; G. V. Lassalle lyre/'...
Lot #199 - Tokens: Jewish businesses
Great Britain: lot 4x Isaac Earlysman Sparrow copper farthing tokens: 1) Obverse: "Ascended at Oxford | June 23 1823" & hot-air balloon/ "Ironmonger Bishopsgate London" & left portrait, milled rim, in F-VF, Batty-401O; 2) "Ironmonger Bishopsgate London" & hot-air balloon/ "Isaac Earlysman 1*8 Sparrow 2*5" & left portrait, milled rim, in F; 3) "Sparrow Nail Merchant • London" & hot-air balloon/ "Sparrow's...
Lot #200 - Tokens: Jewish businesses
Great Britain: lot 8x Jewish merchant/business tokens, c. late 18th-19th Cent. 1) New Houses of Parliament/Queen Victoria bronze token by Hyam Hyams of London (goldsmith, watch/clock maker, money changer), designed by Allen & Moore, 1847; 2) Louis Silberberg (tobacconist) 'Habana Cigar Company, 104 Cheapside'/ left-facing portrait tin token, 1866 (bent planchet); 3) Lewis Levy -...
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