1947 US Poster Stamp American League For Free Palestine Artist Arthur Szyk

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Year of Issue

1947

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1947 US Propaganda Poster Stamp For A Free Palestine. The Wise Son. American League For A Free Palestine Inc., N.Y., U.S.A. Artist Arthur Szyk Unused No Gum Paper Adhesion.

This Historically Significant Poster Stamp Was Issued In 1947 By The American League For A Free Palestine, Inc., A New York-Based Zionist Organization Dedicated To Supporting The Establishment Of A Jewish State In British Mandate Palestine. The Design Features A Striking Green Illustration Of A Soldier's Head In Profile, Titled "The Wise Son", A Reference To One Of The Four Sons In The Passover Haggadah—symbolizing Understanding And Responsibility. The Soldier Wears A Standard WWII-Era U.S. Helmet, Emphasizing Readiness, Strength, And Determined Resolve.Beneath The Portrait Is A Symbolic Hebrew Word For “Freedom” Or “Redemption”, Stylized In A Modernist Script. The Artist’s Signature, Arthur Szyk, And The Date "NY 47" Appear To The Right Of The Soldier’s Neck, Confirming The Stamp’s Production Just Before The Founding Of The State Of Israel In 1948.These Stamps Were Not Meant For Postage But As Fundraising And Awareness Tools, Circulated By Supporters Of Jewish Immigration To Palestine And Armed Resistance To British Rule. The American League Was Closely Associated With The Irgun, A Zionist Paramilitary Group Active In Palestine. The American League for a Free Palestine (ALFP) was created in July 1944, by Peter H Bergson (formerly Hillel Kook), for the purpose of supporting and funding his Hebrew Committee of National Liberation in Palestine. Country Of Origin: United States. Chat GPT

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