A copy of the first postage stamp issued by the provisional Jewish government in Palestine was auctioned off last night for $100 at the annual dinner of the stamp and coin division of the Greater New York United Jewish Appeal. Bearing a Tel Aviv postmark, the stamp was purchased by Jacques Minkus, manager of Gimbel’s stamp section.
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