Up for sale is an authentic, historically valuable typed commercial letter dated July 28, 1939, issued by the Sephardic Jewish textile firm "Davit Kalderon Mahtumları" (Davit Kalderon & Sons) in Istanbul.
Key Features & Historical Details:
The Letterhead (Top): As explicitly shown in "PHOTO", the crisp letterhead bears the title of the firm "DAVİT KALDERON MAHTUMLARI" specializing in "KAZMİR - YÜNLÜ" (Cashmere & Woolen goods). It lists their business address at "Fincancılar Caddesi, No. 10" in the heart of Istanbul's historic wholesale market, alongside their telegraph address "Istanbul RODA" and corporate registry "Sicill Numarası 18080".
Historical & Ethnographic Context (Judaica): This document is an exceptional piece of Turkish-Jewish (Judaica) socioeconomic heritage from the late 1930s. It provides a primary source look into the commercial networks of Sephardic Jewish fabric merchants operating in Istanbul just before the outbreak of World War II.
Content & Translation: The letter is addressed to the Anatolian trader "Tüccardan Bay Halil Salih Bekcioğlu" in Tokat. Typewritten in period Turkish, it politely acknowledges the receipt and collection of a commercial check worth 509 Liras sent on 17/7/1939, which successfully settled a previous invoice dated 29/6/1939. The text closes with warm corporate wishes for continued mutual trade.