Collection of Photographic "Shanah Tovah" Greeting Cards – The Cyprus Detention Camps

Collection of Photographic "Shanah Tovah" Greeting Cards – The Cyprus Detention Camps
Seven photographic "Shanah Tovah" greeting cards sent by detainees of the detention camps in Cyprus. Cyprus, the eve of Rosh HaShanah, 1947-1948.
· Four personal cards bearing their sender's portrait, surrounded by sights of the camps, tents, watchtowers, the bridge between camp 65 and camp 66 and ships sailing to Palestine. · Two "Shanah Tovah" greeting cards bearing photographs of the "summer camps" where the detainees lived in tents. One of them is folded and signed in the plate "Foto Pais". With handwritten greeting for the New Year by the members of the joint camp secretariat. · "Shanah Tovah" greeting card by the "Zionist Youth" Movement in Cyprus, bearing the slogan "To Fulfillment" (Hebrew). Handwritten greeting on verso, signed "To Fulfillment in Cyprus" (Hebrew).
5.5X8 to 7.5X9 cm. (one card is folded in half). Good overall condition. Minor blemishes. Creases. Stains.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.