Postage stamps
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Albert Einstein Collection
This collection contains letters and notes by Albert Einstein, as well as photographs, clippings, items commemorating Einstein, the Einstein family tree, and autographs. The collection also includes a guest book from 1929 from Einstein's house in Caputh with entries made by guests who visited the house.
B'nai B'rith Philatelic collection
Collection consists of first day of issue stamps issued by the U.S. Post office. Included with each stamp is a biographical or historical sketch of Jewish history as it relates to the stamp's theme. Sketches are organized alphabetically by subject.
David Heimann Collection
The bulk of the collection consists of the personal correspondence generated by a number of the members of the Heimann family and prose and poetry composed by David Heimann for various celebratory family events. Other materials include photographs, documents, and genealogical materials.
Eric Lind Collection
The Eric Lind collection documents his involvement with numismatics and philately and his interests in the Holocaust and the fate of the Jews during World War II. Materials collected here cover topics such as Anti-Semitism, Holocaust, Nazis and Neo-Nazis, forgeries during WW II, stamps and currency, and the era of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The collection consists of printed materials, artifacts, paper money and coins, stamps, post cards, envelopes, correspondence, documents, and photographs.
Ferdinand Lassalle Collection.
Various materials, including a letter, a broadside, a lock of hair and flowers from grave, and clippings pertaining to Ferdinand Lassalle.
Hans and Gerda Lindner Family Collection
The Hans and Gerda Lindner family collection contains photographs, correspondence, finance and legal documents, a large stamp collection, plus a small amount of family papers. Prominent topics include daily activities, family vacations, and the Lindner family's as well as business's finances.
Kalischer Family Collection
The Kalischer Family Collection contains genealogical research and a few family papers. Included in the collection are genealogical tables, related articles, a small amount of correspondence, and photographs.
Mordecai Family Collection
Three envelopes addressed to M.C. Mordecai and his daughter Minnie. Also included is a printed copy of an 1844 circular letter in favor of annexing Texas to the Union, with M.C. Mordecai's name listed as a signee.
Peter Gouled papers
Contains the correspondence, photographs, published, and other material relating to Peter Gouled. Of special interest are materials relating to philately, and an invention to assist the blind in writing.
Samuel Halperin Collection
The collection contains various ephemera pertaining to the 20th century history of Jews in Germany and German Jews in Israel, including stamps, letters and postcards, cirulars and leaflets, and membership cards.
Surinam Jewish Community Collection
This collection contains manuscripts and printed material in English and Dutch relating to the Jews of Surinam.
The Samuel Halperin Collection of Jews and Judaism in Germany and Austria
Over 270 items include: voluntary Jewish organization monthly dues stamps and seals; synagogue and Kosher labels; Berlin Community Council membership booklets; Jewish sport club certificates; multilingual stamps of the Harand Movement ‘against race hatred and human misery’ (including an autographed postcard photo of founder Julie Harand); and a notable collection of Jewish Veterans Relief Stamps of World War l (RJF). Jewish merchants and banks are also represented in colorful advertising labels and seals. Also included are several Nazi anti-Semitic items and post-World War II depictions of restored synagogues destroyed by Nazis.