A souvenir postcard from the first philatelic exhibition held in Eretz Israel, April 1945. 'Phila 1945'
Design: Meyerowicz. An orange Palestine stamp on a black background whose upper part is visible through a magnifying glass. Captions in three languages: Hebrew, Arabic, English. Mailed from Tel Aviv to Haifa with stamped Palestine stamp at the height of the exhibition days on April 9, 1945 (the sender wrote 'souvenir') with the special postmark stamped on the mail sent from the exhibition site. In 1945, the members of the "Stamp admirers Association" in Tel Aviv initiated the establishment of the stamp exhibition "Fila 1945". This was the first national stamp exhibition held in Eretz Israel, and was widely published in the press. 118 collectors presented their collections in an exhibition held at the Manufacturers Association of Palestine (13 Montefiore Street in Tel Aviv). It was open to the public for four days (Sunday, April 8 to Wednesday, April 11) during which some twenty-five thousand people visited it.
The interest in the exhibition deviated from the local circle of stamp lovers in Tel Aviv. The members of the Palestine Philistine Club and the Association of Philistines in Lebanon presented their stamps at the exhibition, and the title "Number 1" was presented to Mr. Webster, the Postmaster of Palestine. The Mandatory mail issued two official postcards for the event (one of them before us), and prepared a special stamp stamped on mail items sent from the exhibition site.
14x9 cm, stain on top, rubbing in corner right, fine-moderate condition.
