An authentic pre-WWII Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) color postcard published in Warsaw, Poland, by the renowned Central publishing house (Tsentral).

The front artwork depicts an angel on a cloud pouring a sack filled with 1,000,000 gold coins (רענדלעך / rendlech) down into the outstretched hands of businessmen below. The card features a traditional Hebrew blessing banner (לשנה טובה תכתבו) alongside a 5-line Yiddish rhyming stanza praying for divine prosperity, sustenance, and blessing in the New Year.

The back features the publisher's circular hallmark inscribed "פארלאג צענטראל ווארשא" (Publisher Central Warsaw), the monogram logo mark C.W., and bilingual headers (Pocztówka / Carte Postale).

Yiddish Text Translation

The Yiddish verse in the upper-left box reads:

די רענדלעךפאלען,

די הענדטעלעך ציילען.

אָ, גאט, זאָלסט אונז אלע

צו ניי-יאָר מיט חסד

די רענדלעך צוטיילען...

English Translation:

"The gold coins fall,

The little hands count.

Oh, God, for the New Year with lovingkindness,

May You distribute the gold coins to us all..."

(Hebrew banner in the middle: לשנה טובה תכתבו — "May you be inscribed for a good year.")

• Origin: Warsaw, Poland

• Age: Circa 1910s–1920s

• Material: Chromolithographed Paper Cardstock

• Dimensions: Standard Postcard (~3.5" x 5.5")

Condition Assessment

• Overall: Fair to Good Vintage Condition. Unposted on reverse.

• Front: Color graphics remain crisp and vibrant with high gloss finish. Heavy edge/border loss and paper flaking/abrasion along the right margin, top-left corner, and bottom edges. Minor creasing.

• Back: Clean card surface with bold publisher mark; paper loss along the bottom edge border.

Authenticity Assessment

This piece exhibits key authenticity markers for pre-WWII European Judaica postcards:

1. Publisher Mark: Inscribed circular stamp of פארלאג צענטראל (Publisher Central) operating in Warsaw between 1911 and 1933.

2. Typography & Orthography: Authentic early 20th-century Yiddish orthography and Hebrew calligraphic typeface.

3. Paper & Printing: Standard period chromolithography on dense rag cardstock showing natural age toning and wear consistent with 100-year-old ephemera.

Reference

• Book Title: Salute to Jewish Postcards

• Author: Gérard Silvain

• Reference Note: For documentation on early 20th-century Eastern European Judaica postcards and publisher output from Central in Warsaw, see pp. 45–68.

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