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Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30638 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $75 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Palestine/Yishuv: 1932 Levant Fair in Tel Aviv miniature commemorative pin; not maker-marked; size: 8 x 27mm; weight: 0.55g.

Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30639 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $75 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Palestine/Yishuv: commemorative stick-pin of the 1934 Levant Fair in Tel Aviv; not maker-marked; size: 21.5 x 32.5mm; weight: 0.9g. The pin bears the Levant
Fairs' emblem of the flying camel and that of the municipality of Tel Aviv, with similar legend in English, Hebrew and Arabic "Levant Fair Tel Aviv"; in Hebrew the additional
legend reads "Yerid HaMizrach" ('Eastern Fair') as these events were known in Hebrew. The legend dates also reference 1909 - the fair coincided with Tel Aviv's 25th
anniversary. Over 30 nations participated in this fair, which received over 600,000 visitors.
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30640 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $75 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Palestine/Yishuv: Trilingual pin of the 1934 Levant Fair held in Tel Aviv, also commemorating the city's 25th anniversary featuring the fair's emblem of
the flying camel and the city's coat of arms; size: 22mm; weight: 1.15g. Unusual with safety-pin back.

Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30641 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $75 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Palestine/Yishuv: commemorative pin of the 1936 Levant Fair in Tel Aviv; not maker-marked: size: 15 x 28.25mm; weight: 0.6g. The rectangular pin bears the
same legend in English, Hebrew and Arabic. The Fair opened two weeks after the start of the Arab Revolt (1936-39), and so was a smaller event than its 1934 predecessor:
16 countries hosted pavilions and about 320,000 visitors attended. At this fair the Palestine Philharmonic played for the first time, under the conductorship of Arturo
Toscanini.

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