Bidspirit auction | Mandatory Palestine: lot of 49
Mandatory Palestine: lot of 49 cheques of the Kedem Credit Bank, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and The Citizens' Bank, Tel Aviv, 1933-1939, and a 1942 receipt of Kedem Ezrahit; four stamped by the Jewish Institute for the Blind, Jerusalem, and one written in French - A lot of 50 items from the Mandate period: 49 paid cheques and one receipt. (1) 24 cheques of the Kedem Credit Bank Ltd. Jerusalem (KEDEM KREDIT BANK LTD. JERUSALEM), 1935-1939; (2) 17 cheques of the Kedem Credit Bank Ltd. Tel Aviv (KEDEM CREDIT BANK LTD. TEL-AVIV), 1937-1939, some with a Hebrew handstamp of the Kedem Ezrahi Credit Bank Ltd. above the printed bank name; (3) 8 cheques of The Citizens' Bank Ltd., Tel Aviv (THE CITIZENS' BANK LTD., TEL-AVIV), 1933-1935; (4) receipt no. 1913 for a sum received from Kedem Ezrahit Ltd., 20.2.1942. Among the cheques: four with handstamps of the Jewish Institute for the Blind, Jerusalem (JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND, JERUSALEM), two of them reading 'FOUNDED 1902'; one stamped by the Organisation of Sephardi and Oriental Communities Workers, Jerusalem; and one written in French, 4 December 1933, for 15 Palestine pounds (quinze livres Palestiniennes). The cheques bear the banks' PAID handstamps and stamps of BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) and THE ANGLO-PALESTINE BANK; some carry a Palestine 7 mils stamp (Tower of David). Condition: used, cancellation punch holes, folds and stains, exactly as photographed.