1909 Turkey Ottoman Empire Revenue 2 Para Fixed Fees "Hotel Fast Jerusalem"

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Country

Turkey

Condition

Unused

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Single

Year of Issue

1909

Item Description

1909 Turkey Ottoman Empire Revenue 2 Para Fixed Fees Used On Paper Cancelled "Hotel Fast Jerusalem". The Hotel Fast: In 1907 Abraham Fast took over a large hotel on Jaffa Road, north of Jaffa Gate, which was originally named Hotel Howard and built in 1891 by Theodor Sandel, and renamed it Hotel Fast. Both Theodor Sandel and Abraham Fast were members of the German Colony Templers. The German Colony was established by members of the Templer sect, which was founded in Germany in 1858. They came to Palestine in the late nineteenth century to escape religious persecution and to put their religious beliefs into practice by establishing colonies in the Holy Land which would realize the visions of the prophets. Other Templers built settlements in Haifa, Jaffa and the Galilee. The Hotel Fast was a leading hotel in Jerusalem with 100 rooms built around a courtyard with Ionic, Corinthian and Doric columns. During World War II, the hotel was taken over by the British army command and turned into the Australian army club. The hotel was demolished in 1976 to make way for the Dan Pearl Hotel.

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