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Box 59

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Contains 6 Results:

Touro synagogue stamp first day of issue, first day covers, all issued from Newport, Rhode Island, 1982

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

This album features first day issue stamps and covers for the Touro Synagogue stamp released in 1982. Also included are several Touro Synagogue postcards with the Touro synagogue stamp affixed. Both covers and postcards include a special First Day Issue cancellation mark. Covers feature different illustrations of the Touro Synagogue, sometimes including a quote or small excerpt on the synagogue's history. The album also contains a sheet of 50 Touro Synagogue stamps.

Dates: 1982

U.S. sheets, 1979-1996

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

This album contains a small number of full sheets of stamps. Stamps feature the following subjects: Raoul Wallenberg, Albert Einstein, and Touro Synagogue. A World War II Remembered stamp set includes four sections, titled as follows: 1942: Into Battle, 1943: Turning the Tide, 1944: Road to Victory, and 1945: Victory at Last.

Dates: 1979-1996

U.S. Judaica first day covers, 1947-1997

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 3-7
Scope and Contents

This album contains first day issue stamps and covers, all bearing a special first day issue cancellation mark. The majority of stamps and covers feature prominent Jewish figures, including Albert Einstein, George Gershwin, Samuel Gompers, Jerome Kern, Walter Lippmann, Adolph S. Ochs, Phoebe Pember, Joseph Pulitzer, Bernard Revel, Haym Salomon, and Raoul Wallenberg.

Dates: 1947-1997

Untitled (full sheets), 1971-1999, undated

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 8-12
Scope and Contents

This album contains sheets of Jewish National Fund stamps. The majority of stamps commemorate prominent Jewish figures and rabbis; other topics include synagogues, buildings in Israel, cities and kibbutzim in Israel, the Western Wall, and Mandatory Palestine, among others.

Dates: 1971-1999, undated

Untitled (multiple stamps/non matching covers), 1948-1999

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

This album contains covers with several different stamps on each, in contrast to the more traditional arrangement of a cover with a single stamp. Stamps and covers often are not as exactly matched as in other albums, though all have Judaica content. Topics include prominent Jewish figures, anniversaries and commemorations, and synagogues.

Dates: 1948-1999

Loose stamps and covers, 1948-1990

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

A small number of loose stamps, stamps affixed to postcards, and stamps affixed to covers not in an album. Includes stamps highlighting cities and locations in Israel, Israeli history, Jewish organizations and institutions, Israeli stamps, and Jewish ceremonial objects..

Dates: 1948-1990