LETTER TO JEWISH BRIGADE "FOR A FREE PALESTINE" STAMP

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USA-PALESTINE COVER WITH PHOTO AND LETTER TO JEWISH BRIGADE GROUP SOLDIER NATHAN PREMINGER PAL/1179 DVR, 178 COY. RASC WITH RARE "AMERICAN LEAGUE FOR A FREE PALESTINE" STAMP! SIZE OF STAMP: 4.5 X 4 CM ON THE STAMP: "CHACHAM" // "THE WISE SON" // ARTHUR SZYK'S ARTWORK ***** Hakham or Chacham (Hebrew ??? lit. "wise") is usually a word that carries the connotation of a sage or someone renowned for his wisdom and understanding. ***** Peter Bergson was a Zionist emissary from Jerusalem. The Bergson group was initially known as the Committee for a Jewish Army. From 1940 to 1943, it sought the creation of a Jewish armed force that would fight alongside the Allies against the Nazis. After the war, Bergson turned his attention to the cause of creating a Jewish national homeland. He established the Hebrew Committee of National Liberation and the American League for a Free Palestine, which played an important role in mobilizing American public support for the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine. ***** ABOUT THE ARTIST OF THE STAMP: ARTHUR SZYK - BEZALEL'S ARTIST Adolph Hitler put a price tag on Arthur Szyk's head. The American press called Szyk a "one-man army against fascism." The Times of London declared his art work to "be among the most beautiful...ever produced by the hand of man." Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) brilliantly wielded paintbrush and palette in the great battles for freedom in his lifetime. Arthur Szyk is considered by scholars and art critics to have been the greatest 20th century illuminator working in the style of the 16th century miniaturist painters. Americans first knew and loved Arthur Szyk's illuminated manuscripts and political caricatures as they appeared on and between the covers of their most popular magazines during the Second World War: Time, Esquire, Collier's and advertisements for U.S. Steel and Coca Cola. His subjects were as diverse as his uniquely combined styles of renaissance illumination and political caricature: The Declaration of Independence, Nazism, The Passover Haggadah and Book of Esther, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, the United Nations, American Cancer Society, and even coffee, steel and airlines. Szyk's art was not an end in itself. It was his means to promote tolerance, human dignity and freedom. In his time, he became widely known for the declaration: "Art is not my aim, it is my means." Szyk first visited the United States from his native Poland in 1934 to receive the George Washington Bicentennial Medal, awarded by the U.S. Congress, and to attend the Library of Congress exhibition opening of Washington and His Times. He emigrated to the U.S. after fleeing Nazism in 1940, and became America's leading political caricaturist during World War II. Ironically, it is because of the Holocaust that Americans can proudly claim this world renown artist and social commentator as our own. Szyk's life bridged the great cultural and social movements of his day, and, remarkably, he gained international prominence as an artist devoted to democracy and Judaism. Throughout his life, his eyes were always open to political injustices and human suffering. Szyk's illuminated works of art and political caricatures hold powerful messages of relevance to men, women and children across generations, cultures and geographical borders. The accomplishments of The Arthur Szyk Society can attest to this great artist's timely social value. THE SHIPPING: $8 (REGISTERED). Feedback: 1. Post feedback after you do to ensure I have an opportunity to work out problem should it arise. 2. Please do not post negative or neutral feedback with first giving me a fair opportunity to solve whatever dispute ma arise. 3. I think this s afair way to deal on eBay andensure a safe and fair trading evironment. Refund: 1. I try my best to accurately dscribe my items through detailed photographs, measurements, and weight. 2. A week return privilege (minus shipping charges AND 10% re-socki... read more

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