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London (JTA) — The last
Union Jack flag to fly in the
British Mandate of Palestine
will soon be returning to
Israel.
The flag was hauled down
at a Haifa dock on June 30,
1948, as the last remaining
British troops left the coun-
try.
The flag was handed to the
commander of British forces
in Palestine, Gen. Gordon
Macmillan, who gave it to
the American consul for
safekeeping. A few days
later, the flag was passed on
to the British consul-
general, Cyril Marriott,
whose family had it in its
possession in Leicester,
England, until it was recent-
ly auctioned off.
Sefton Woolf, a resident of
Manchester, England,
bought the flag at auction.
He is planning to make
aliyah in March and intends
to take the flag with him.
Mr. Woolf had discovered
that the flag was up for sale
when he saw it in an auction

The flag was
hauled down in
June 1948.

house catalog in Leicester-
shire. An avid collector of
autographs of famous peo-
ple, he spent several
sleepless nights trying to fix
a ceiling on how much he
was prepared to pay for the
flag.
"I realized it was fantastic.
If I could possibly afford it, I
would like it. I knew there
was going to be competition
from America, and I was get-
ting a bit worked up. It was
nerve- wracking," said Mr.
Woolf.
After successfully bidding
for the flag, Mr. Woolf ob-
tained a letter from Mr.
Marriott's son, Patrick, con-
firming the flag's authen-
ticity.
"That letter is the final
link between the flag and
me. It's very important," he
said. "I'm thrilled with the
whole thing."
Mr. Woolf, whose collec-
tion of autographs ranges
from Tolstoy to the Beatles,
is hoping to set up a small
autograph business in the
foyer of a major Israeli hotel.
He plans to display the flag
as the centerpiece of his col-
lection. ❑

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