Lot 369
Three JNF Boxes – Hungary and Other Places, 1930s
Three JNF boxes. Hungary and other places, 1930s.
1. "Blue box" bearing a lion set in a Star of David and the words "Keren Kayemet LeYisrael" (Hebrew), with the JNF Hebrew logo. [Palestine? Ca. 1930s]. ("The Blue Box", p. 59).
12.5X10X5 cm. Fair condition. Blemishes to paint. Bends. Lock damaged.
2. "Zion" box – "Short map" box, depicting the map of Palestine without the Negev; Dead Sea indicated. [Hungary, ca. 1930s].
"The Blue Box" catalog does not list a "Zion" box made in Hungary. A very similar box is seen in a calendar for the Hebrew year 5704 designed by Pesach Ir-Shai, published by the JNF in Budapest, 1943.
12.5X9.5X4.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Minor blemishes to paint. Bends. Lock damaged.
3. "Zion" box – "Short map" box, depicting the map of Palestine without the Negev; Dead Sea indicated. [Place of manufacture not indicated, ca. 1930s].
12X9.5X4.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Blemishes to paint. Minor bends.
Literature: Prof. Shaul Ladani and Dotan Shulman, The Blue Box. 2014.
