Bidspirit auction | An extraordinary collection of four

An extraordinary collection of four rare and historically significant postal items, each telling a unique story. A premium lot for serious postal history and Judaica collectors. Item 1 – Knesseth Israel / Central Committee Charity Envelope (Milwaukee → Jerusalem, 1940): Bilingual (Hebrew/English) charity reply envelope from the Central Committee Knesseth Israel – Charity of Rabbi Maier Baal Haness, P.O.B. 192, Jerusalem, Palestine Franked with a US 5¢ blue stamp, postmarked Milwaukee, SEP 29, 1940, WIS Handwritten number: 14394 A remarkable piece of pre-State Israel / Palestine Judaica postal history – charity fundraising mail during WWII era The organization collected funds for poor Jews in Jerusalem – historically and emotionally significant Item 2 – Imperial Russian Postcard (”Открытое Письмо”): Pre-revolutionary Russian Empire postcard with Imperial double-headed eagle emblem Franked with 3 kopek Imperial Russian stamp Addressed in Cyrillic script, postmarked – destination appears to be Bukhara / Finland area Early 20th century, fine condition for age A scarce piece of Tsarist-era postal history Item 3 – Czechoslovak Commercial Reply Card → Switzerland (1947): Quadrilingual business reply card (German/French/Italian/Czech): ”Geschäftsantwortkarte / Carte commerciale-réponse / Cartolina commerciale-risposta” Addressed to Gemeindeschreiberei, Zweisimmen, Kt. Bern (Schweiz) Franked with two Czechoslovak stamps (50h Beneš portrait + 1.20K), postmarked 20.VII – WINTER[THUR] 1947 Sender address in German handwriting – post-war Central European correspondence Item 4 – WWI Russian POW Postcard – Krasnoyarsk → Austria (CENSORED): ”Для военнопленных / Pour les prisonniers de guerre” – Russian POW postcard Postmarked Krasnoyarsk (Siberia) with ZENSUR (censorship) red stamp Addressed to Austria – a prisoner writing home from Siberian captivity Recipient address: ”Losý Justo, Unboryn, Abctpиa (Austria)” Trilingual header (Russian/French) – regulated prisoner of war correspondence An emotionally powerful and historically significant WWI document Four exceptional items spanning Jewish philanthropy, Imperial Russia, post-WWII Europe, and WWI prisoner of war history.