A document entitled “A Receipt for Palestine,” was sold at an auction here yesterday for $5,500. The receipt was drawn up in 1920 at the request of the commanding officer of the British forces occupying Palestine before the territory was turned over to the new High Commissioner.

The receipt reads: “Received from Major General Sir Louis Bols, one Palestine complete.” The document is signed by Herbert Samuel, Britain’s first High Commissioner for Palestine, who added the notation “E. and O. E.,” meaning errors and omissions excepted.