Two Notebooks with Thousands of Examples of Stamps Manufactured in Jerusalem and Palestine, 1924-1931

Two Notebooks with Thousands of Examples of Stamps Manufactured in Jerusalem and Palestine, 1924-1931
Two large notebooks, presumably from a stamp manufacturer in Jerusalem, with thousands of inked stamps, ca. 1924-1931. Hebrew, Arabic and English.
Many stamps depict the Western Wall, David's Tower and holy sites, as well as other illustrations and symbols.
These interesting notebooks document the various spheres of life in Palestine in those years – spiritual, cultural and material: • Stamps of rabbis, synagogues, charity and political organizations, yeshivot and public institutions – Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberias, Safed and other cities in Palestine. • Official stamps of settlement groups and neighborhood committees. • Stamps of Mukhtars of various villages and neighborhoods. • Stamps used by governmental agencies, municipal agencies and courts across Palestine. • Immigration certificates and visa stamps used in border crossings. • Stamps of businesses and factories, pharmacies and laboratories, doctors and hospitals, banks and financial companies, newspapers, libraries, and more. • Good year greetings, stamps for Etrog and Lulav boxes. • Kashrut and shochet stamps, food stamps, receipts and means of payment. • Stamps of entry to the cinema and to chazzanut performances. • And various other stamps on assorted topics.
The rabbis whose stamps are featured here include R. "Yaakov Meir Rishon LeTzion and Chief Rabbi of Palestine", R. "Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook – Chief Rabbi of Israel – Here Jerusalem…", R. "Moshe Mordechai Epstein – Rabbi and Dean of the Knesset Yisrael-Hebron yeshiva in Jerusalem…", "The Hebron yeshiva-Knesset Yisrael – Jerusalem", "Rabbenu Meir Franco, rabbi and posek in Hebron", R. "Yaakov Yosef Slonim – chief rabbi of the Ashkenazi community in Hebron…", R. "Yaakov Chai Zrihen head of the Sephardi Beit Din in Tiberias…", R. "Zeida Heller rabbi and dean in Safed…", "Pinchas son of Tzvi Grayevsky" and "Shraga Feivel Grayevsky", R. "Yisrael Nisan… Kuperstock rabbi of Makova", Rebbetzin "Bat Sheva daughter of Rebbe Yitzchak of Bohush…", R. Shimshon Aharon Polonsky [the rabbi of Teplik], "The Jewish Community of Port Said…", and many other synagogues in Jerusalem, Palestine and Egypt (mostly Hebrew).
Government stamps of the Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Assize, District Courts and Magistrate's Courts in Jerusalem, Beersheba, Jaffa, Nazareth, Ramallah, Ramleh, Gaza, Hebron, Nablus, Mejdel, Jenin, Tulkarem, Acre, Metula and Beit She'an; "Land Court" of Jerusalem, Haifa, Jaffa and Nablus.
Two bound notebooks comprising together approx. 310 pages, filled with examples of stamps. Approx. 18 cm. High-quality paper. Good-fair condition. Loose leaves. Tears and wear. Old, worn bindings.