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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 18th July 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Thursday 17 July 2014 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. |
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| Auction Lots - Page 3 | |||
| 3096 | |||
| 1400-1480 (c.) antiphona, a large and impressive sheet of choral music with two fine initial capitals on velum (15 3/4 x 22 inches); unusually showing only four lines. In a good state of preservation. Photo £200-250 |
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| 3097 | |||
| 1402 and 1441, two Flemish land transfer indentures from the échevins (aldermen) and ceurheers of Bergues Saint Winox (south of Dunkerque) 1402 document (310 x 93mm) refers to a property in the parish of Quatypre ("quadypere") and the échevins named are, Bouden van den Brouke. Pieter de Scheiluwe, Pieter van Borre, Loodewijc Loor and Olivaer de Muds; bears five armorial seals, complete or largely so The 1441 document (320 x 228mm) relates to a property in the parish of Warhem ("warheem") and the échevins named are, Lauwers van Oye, Joris van Heuchin, Pieter van den Bussche, Jan Vermene and Baltasar de Jonghe; there are three armorial seals which are mostly preserved and the fragments of another three. Typical folding and bending, both are in a neat script and in a good to fine state of preservation. Photo £600-800 These are interesting examples of deeds in Flemish from the small Flemish enclave in French Flanders, adjoining the present Belgian border The communal archives of Bergues contain details of registration of land transfers, wills, etc., passed before the échevins and ceurheers there, but there is little material before 1500. Bergues appears in these documents as "Berghamboucht" in 1402 and as "Berghambocht" in 1441 The names of the échevins also add fresh details to those named in other sources, none of the above appear in the name index in Dehaisnes |
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| 3098 | |||
| 1458 prepaid letter written in Latin, showing the merchant's guild mark and prepaid mark on the front and with wafer seal. Written on laid paper with snake watermark. In fine condition. Photo £300-400 |
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| 3099 | |||
| 1540 (c.) a Spanish Carta Ejecutoria de Hidalguia of 22 pages written in the neat, official hand with the title page beautifully illuminated in tempera and ink on vellum. The initial capital features the combined arms of Castile, Aragon and Leon with various figures, fruit and flowers surround. The document is made in the favor of Hernan Ponce de Leon and Pedro de Valbuena de Vega. The text includes three to five line illuminated capitals in gold with either blue or red background. Various signatures on the first and last pages and with the original metal seal (slight wear) tying the coloured roped threads. Some age faults to the cover, particularly to the back flap, otherwise fine and in a good state of preservation. Photo £2,500-3,000 Charles V (1500-1558) was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I as Holy Roman Emperor and his son Philip II as King of Spain in 1556 Hernando Ponce de Leon was a conquistador and explorer. In 1516 he participated in the expedition organized by Pedrarias Dávila to the west coast of the Isthmus of Panama and the conquest of Nicaragua. Towards 1536 he joined Hernando de Soto in the conquest of Peru. These letters patent of nobility both established noble lineage and served as tangible evidence of nobility. During the early modern period in Spain the nobility and the clergy formed an estate far removed from the rest of the population. The property of the nobility was exempt from taxation and protected from civil suits. Nobles could not be imprisoned for indebtedness, or tortured (except for treason), and if sentenced to execution had the option of decapitation rather than hanging Maximilian I, Elector and Duke of Bavaria |
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| 3100 | |||
| 1628-32, four secretary letters, three to the same recipient showing dramatic flourishes in the address panel, written in German, two are with the distinctive signature of Maximilian. The final letter with a long and detailed address panel is from an administrator. Each letter with the wafer seal of Maximilian. Some peripheral soiling but still good to fine. (4 letters). Photo £800-1,000 Maximilian I (1573-1651). He was born in Munich. From 1597 he was Duke of Bavaria and from 1623 Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. He had the country financially rehabilitated through various reforms and made it more efficient. He was also an influential person of the Counter-Reformation and the Catholic Reformation. As such, he contributed to the enforcement of the dominance of the Catholic side in the Thirty Years' War till 1630 |
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| 3101 | |||
| 1767 (23 May) printed sheet with red was seal, a "Congé de Réforme" for a soldier in the regiment of "Ral des Vaisseaux" and signed by the commandant of the regiment, "Montesquiou" and others; folding creases. Good. Photo £150-200 Anne-Pierre, Marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac (1739-1798) was a French general and writer. He was born in Paris, of an ancient family of Armagnac. He was brought up with the children of the king of France, and showed some taste for letters. He entered the army in 1754, was successively colonel of the Grenadiers and the Royal-Vaissaux regiment, and in 1780 was made maréchal-de-camp. Some pieces of verse and several comedies gained him admission to the Académie Française in 1784. He was elected deputy to the Estates-General of 1789 by the nobles of Paris, and, animated by Liberal ideas, he soon joined the Third Estate, and seconded Necker's financial schemes (Louis XVI) |
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| 3102 | |||
1791 (December) a sixteen page printed inventory with estimated values, including lands, furniture, jewelry and personal possessions. The booklet concludes with a comparison between old (royal) and new (revolutionary) government expenditure, to the advantage of the latter. There is a manuscript addition on one of the pages. The document is addressed to the king in rather obsequious language, despite his being under house arrest following his aborted flight £240-280Napoleon Bonaparte |
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| 3103 | |||
| 1797 (17 July) folio letter with elaborate engraved letterheading of the "République Française" and "Bonaparte Général en Chef de L'Armée d'Italie", the letter is addressed to, "Au général de Division Clarke" and finishes, "Je vous embrasse" and signed "Bonaparte". The paper is heavily laid with the paper maker's watermark "C&I Honic", 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 Napoleon was general of the Army of Italy from 27 March 1796 to 16 November 1797. He quickly won the admiration of the Generals and turned a rag-bag army into an effective fighting force General Henry Jacques Guillaume Clarke (1765-1818). The son of a former French army officer, he followed his father's footsteps by joining the military. In 1792 Clarke was named a lieutenant colonel in the 2nd Cavalry and he served with the Army of the Rhine, distinguishing himself at the action of Spire. Clarke continued to serve with the cavalry, covering the retreat on Worms in March of 1793 and then fighting at Ercheim. In May of 1793 he was promoted to général de brigade and then the next month he was appointed chief of staff to the Army of the Rhine. Clarke's position would not last long though, for that October he was suspended, arrested, and then thrown in prison. General Clarke was released in February of 1795, however he remained without a job until that November when Carnot used his influence to get Clarke a job in the Topography Bureau. The next month Clarke was promoted to général de division. In November of 1796 Clarke was sent to the Army of Italy to spy discretely on General Bonaparte for the Directory, but after spending time with Bonaparte, Clarke became entirely devoted to him. The next year Clarke was recalled by the Directory and then in 1798 he negotiated a treaty with Sardinia |
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| 3104 | |||
x 1800-1820 (c.), a group of French documents including 1876 (c.) "extrait/du registre des arrêtés", 1815-16 lists of contributors to the Department of Ain, a table of deputies in 1815 and 1816 plus a couple of later letters. Also 1814 German notice printed in Dresden. An unusual selection £100-120French Postal Notice |
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| 3105 | |||
| 1805, "avis au public", 17 x 13 1/2 Many letters written to or from French and British prisoners of war were handled by the Transport Office which was situated in Dorset Court, Westminster. The Transport office was a branch of the Admiralty Judaica - Jewish Religion in Germany |
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| 3106 | |||
x 1808 (3 September) Circular from the Office of the Emperor stating that Jewish men's children should be raised as Roman Catholics, stating that the religion of the children should not be the religion of the father; slightly worn down one side from binding, otherwise fresh £120-150Napoleon Bonaparte |
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| 3107 | |||
| 1810 (15 July) letter to the Duke of Feltre, signed "Nap" with two documents, one outlining the fortifications on the Isle of Elba and notes dictated by His Majesty on Rochefort; fine. Photo £1,200-1,500 Henry Jacques Guillaume Clarke (continued from lot 3108) In 1807, Napoléon appointed Clarke Minister of War. His role in thwarting the British invasion of the Netherlands, the Walcheren Campaign in 1809, lead to the emperor creating him Duke of Feltre Klemens Wenzel von Metternich |
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| 3108 | |||
| 1835 (19 October), entire letter from Vienna addressed to Count Giulio Ottolini Visconti in Venice, with the address beautifully handwritten on front, with red wax seal on reverse, signed inside "Fürst von Metternich" with superb large wafer seal adjacent. Also a note written in French, stating in manuscript this to be a document received from the hands of Metternich in Venice on 17 October 1838. A Spectacular and rare postal-history item. Photo £1,500-1,800 Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (1773-1859), Foreign Minister of the Holy Roman Empire and its successor, the Austrian Empire (1809-1848) Undoubtedly one of the most important personages of his era, known as "Age of Metternich", leader of the Austrian delegation at the Congress of Vienna which sealed the division of Europe between the major powers after the Napoleonic period. Metternich was the architect of the famous "Metternich System" and its Congresses, establishing an international system of reactionary governments dedicated to maintaining a set of European boundaries, preventing revolutions and changes in government, and stopping any one power from becoming too powerful. Metternich received the title of Prince ("Fürst") of the Austrian Empire in 1813 as a proof of esteem for his services Postal Convention |
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| 3109 | |||
1843 (30 March) broadsheet from the Imperial Governor of Venice of a postal convention for the exchange of letters between Austria and Saxony, concluding with table of progression of weight and the fee for the correspondence. Usual folding creases but very fresh and fine £150-200The French Coup of 1851 |
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| 3110 | |||
1851 (5 and 7 December) two letters, one a "copy" from a British citizen resident in Paris describing the fighting in the streets and debating whether to stay or flee. The second letter, written after he had decided to leave Paris and return to England includes, " ... nothing but an enormous majority for Louis Napoleon can avert a civil war & nothing but the dread of this can give it to him, for I do not believe anybody really cares a farthing for him - I wish you could see the troops bivouacking in the Champs Elysees, it is a most curious spectacle ...". Interesting contents and written within a week of the coup d'etat by the Minister of the Police, the arrest of Thiers and others and Paris declaring a state of siege £240-280Napoleon III |
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| 3111 | |||
1854 (1 July) secretary letter on letterhead "armée d'orient 3e Division" to the commander of the artillery returning to Varna during the Crimean War. Written from Yeni Keui on the Gallipoli peninsular and signed "Napoleon Bonapart". Fine. Photo £200-250Napoleon IV, Prince Imperial |
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| 3112 | |||
| 1872 (16 April) A.L.S. written in French from Camden Place in Chislehurst to his friend Duperre, signed "Louis-Napoleon"; good to fine. Photo £400-500 Napoléon, Prince Imperial (1856-1879). He was the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France and his Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo. After his father was dethroned in 1870, he relocated with his family to England. On his father's death, he was proclaimed "Napoleon IV" of France by the Bonapartist faction In England he trained as a soldier. Keen to see action, he successfully put pressure on the British to allow him to participate in the Anglo-Zulu war. In 1879, serving with British forces, he was killed in a skirmish with a group of Zulus. His early death sent shock waves throughout Europe, as he was the last serious dynastic hope for the restoration of the Bonapartes to the throne of France In 1870, at the commencement of the Franco Prussian War, The Empress Eugénie and her young son fled from Paris and sought refuge in Chislehurst, renting Camden Place from Nathaniel Strode for £300 per year. It was here that Napoleon III, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte came after his release in 1871 Battle of Liaoyang |
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| 3113 | |||
| 1904, a 49 page autograph journal of the last days of the battle at Liaoyang, dated "30th August". On the 29th and 30th August the Russian troops were repelling the Japanese advance. Titled "Sensations of Battle", a long and detailed account of his view of the battle from inside the city, apparently written in some haste with numerous corrections and additions and signed, "Ludovic Naudeau" with two Russian censor handstamps, "Allowed/Colonel". Also a six page draft titled, "A Regiment Singing" dated Newchwang, 1st April (no year indicated). A fascinating account of this battle for one of the key cities in this conflict. Photo £500-700 Ludovic Naudeau Charles (1872-1949), born in Boulogne, a journalist, publicist and French writer. Son of an engineer of the Company of Northern Railway, he was a student in high school Amiens and became a reporter at the age of nineteen He was one of the first great reporters of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, during which he was captured and held prisoner in Japan. He managed to escape but was recaptured He was present in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution and was responsible for an interview with Lenin; questions brought him to spend some time in Soviet prisons Journalist at 'Time', he also collaborated with other newspapers and periodicals, especially L'Illustration, and is editor of the Journal. He published several books, including 'Japan', as well as two novels He conducted a very important survey on the issue of birth in France earning him the Medal of Honor of the National Alliance for the growth of the French population in May 1931 and a survey of the French population The Battle of Liaoyang (24 August-4 September 1904) was one of the major land battles of the Russo-Japanese War While the Japanese Army settled down in front of Port Arthur for a siege, a large force under Field Marshal Oyama moved north to secure the strategically located rail junction of Liaoyang, on the Mukden - Port Arthur spur of the China Far East Railway, in Manchuria The battle began on 25 August 1904, with the 158,000 strong Russian armies, attempting to turn the flanks of the Japanese First, Second and Third Armies totaling 125,000 men On 26 August 1904, the Japanese First Army took Kosarei Peak and Hung-sha Pass southeast of Liaoyang city after a hard-fought action. General Alexei Kuropatkin, commander-in-chief of the Russian armies, believed that he had been beaten and withdrew from the outer Russian defence line, with the Japanese in pursuit From 29-30 August 1904, the Russian troops managed to repel intense Japanese assaults on the main defence lines south of Liaoyang. By 31 August 1904, the Japanese First Army was crossing the river northeast of Liaoyang On 4 September 1904, after a few days of ineffectual counterattacks, Kuropatkin decided to evacuate Liaoyang for Mukden in the early morning. The unfortunate city was then sacked in succession by Russian, Chinese, and Japanese forces. The Russian armies suffered about 17,900 casualties, the majority of which were captured or missing. However, despite the greater Japanese casualties (23,615 killed, wounded or captured), the Japanese were able to claim victory since the Russians quit the battlefield The dearly-won Japanese victory at Liaoyang and the fall of Port Arthur shortly thereafter contributed to the major Russian defeat the next year at the Battle of Mukden Jean Sibelius |
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| 3114 | |||
| 1947 (3 February) typewritten letter to the Earl of Dunsany, signed in thich pencil, "Jean Sibelius"; normal folding crease and some foxing. Photo £120-150 Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (1865-1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic period The Family of Napoleon Bonaparte |
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| 3115 | |||
A collection of letters and documents relating to Napoleon Bonaparte and his family which includes three engravings, 1811 letters (3) on printed letterhead of the Prince and Princess of Lucca and Piombino, Napoleon's sister Elisa, 1847 letter and stampless envelope from Laetitia Bonaparte Wyse with full wax seal, 1865 letter and envelope from the wife of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, 1868 letter from Elisa Napoléone Baciocchi, letters and documents from the Beauharnais family (Josephine Beauharnais was Napoleon's first wife), 1870 letter from Princess Constance Bonaparte (daughter of Lucien), a group of 1860's (c.) letters from Prince Napoléon Bonaparte (son of Jerome), letter signed Francesco di Kossuth, 1891 and 1901 letters from Prince Victor Napoleon in Belgium plus letters and studio postcards of his son, Prince Louis Napoleon, a group of Murat correspondence including Prince Lucien Murat and many more. An unusual and interesting selection, ideal for further study and research. Photo £3,000-3,500RussiaCatherine the Great |
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| 3116 | |||
| 1790's manuscript document bearing the full and bold signature "Ekaterina" in cyrillic. Letter from Saint Petersburg to the Lieutenant General and Governor of Pskov, written in Russian with interesting contents about the Russian-Swedish War including the enlistment of men in Pskov for the war against "our enemy the King of Sweden". Very scarce and most desirable, featuring an important historic event during Catherine's rule; vertical folding crease and minor soiling at left. Photo £3,000-3,500 Yekaterina Alexeevna or Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great (1729-96). The most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, Her reign was called Russia's golden age. She was born in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia as Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, and came to power following a coup d'état and the assassination of her husband, Peter III, at the end of the Seven Years' War. Russia was revitalized under her reign, growing larger and stronger than ever and becoming recognized as one of the great powers of Europe. From 1788 to 1790 Russia fought in the Russo-Swedish War against Sweden, a conflict instigated by Sweden with the aim of overtaking the Russian armies still engaged in war against the Ottoman Turks and hoping to strike Saint Petersburg directly Alexander I of Russia |
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| 3117 | |||
| 1806 (30 November) letter from St. Petersburg, written in Russian, in which Alexander I announces the birth of his daughter Elizabeth and signed with his elaborate signature. With the original cover bearing large wafer seal (detached) on reverse addressed to Ferdinand II King of the Two Sicilies. Rare. Photo £1,500-1,800 Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825), Emperor of Russia (1801-25) and first Russian King of Poland (1815-25) as well as first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania. Under his rule Russia gained new territories by acquiring Finland and part of Poland, and his successful foreign policy was characterized by his diplomatic skills in alliances with other powers and by victories in several military campaigns which included the famous defeat of the Napoleonic "Grand Armée" in Russia Nicholas I of Russia |
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| 3118 | |||
| 1849 (7 October) part printed and part written letter, in Russian, from Sarskoye Selo, addressed to Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, showing large and superb wafer seal on reverse, congratulating Ferdinand II on on the birth of a princess and signed by Nicholas I. A spectacular cover, with slits and toasted as usual during the practice for disinfection Fine and rare. Photo £1,000-1,200 Nicholas I (1796-1855), Emperor of Russia (1825-55), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland. On the eve of his death, he witnessed the longest expansion of the Russian Empire, although at the end of his reign his regime was discredited by defeat in the Crimean War Moscow - Windau - Rybinsk Railway Company |
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| 3119 | |||
1909 (March) a series of documents relating to a fire at Borch station in 1907. With translations made by the British Consulate in St. Petersburg. With approriate Russian and British Consulate Revenue stamps. The case revolves around an attempted fraud about the amount of stock lost. Unusual £120-150Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia |
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| 3120 | |||
| 1919 (25 June) an indenture between Captain A.P. Koziell and H.I.H. The Grand Duchess of Russia being a mortgage to secure £6000. With accompanying documents of the United States Consulate-General at London and a notary in the City of London. Signed and sealed in the presence of Princess Nina Romanoff £200-250 Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876-1940). She was the fifth child and second daughter of King George I of Greece and Olga Constantinovna of Russia. On 30 April 1900, Maria was married to Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, a maternal cousin. The couple had two daughters: Nina, born 7 June 1901; and Xenia, born 9 August 1903. She was in Great Britain when World War I broke out and chose not to return to Russia, living in Harrogate where she was patron of three military hospitals, funding them generously and nursing patients herself For other Russian items, please see lot 3085 MIDDLE EASTEgyptEvelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer |
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| 3121 | |||
| 1896 (9 March) folio letter from the Government Office in Cairo, to Sir John Rogers Pasha (Director General of the Sanitary Department) and signed "Cromer"; a routine letter about appointments of surgeon officer in the Egyptian government; with Arabic translation. Fine. Photo £250-300 Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841-1917). A British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator. He was British controller-general in Egypt during 1879, part of the international Control which oversaw Egyptian finances after the Khedives' mismanagement, and during the British occupation prompted by the Urabi revolt, agent and consul-general in Egypt from 1883 to 1907. Far from the centre of the Empire, Cromer ran the territory with great drive and his effective governance balked British wishes to withdraw from Egypt Prince Alexander of Battenberg |
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| 3122 | |||
| 1912 (c.) photograph of Prince Alexander and William Walford, both are on horse back in front of the Sphinx with the pyramid in the background. Signed by both. The backing mount with some damage, the photograph is fine. Photo £500-700 Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, (born Prince Alexander Albert of Battenberg; 1886-1960). As a member of the Hessian princely Battenberg family and the extended British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Victoria. He was a Prince of Battenberg from his birth until 1917, when the British Royal Family relinquished their German titles during the First World War and he was created Marquess of Carisbrooke by King George V State Visit by King Fuad to England |
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| 3123 | |||
1927 (July-August) printed ceremonial with a list of guests invited to the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace, signed by A.M. Hassanein (First Chamberlain); an invitation to His Majesty the King of Egypt to an afternoon party at Buckingham Palace; luggage labels directing bags to either the Palace or the Egyptian Legation on arrival in England; Bestowal document signed by King George V and Lord Cromer, granting the Royal Victorian Order to Mohammed Izzet Bey, Master of Ceremonies to King Fuad. Photo £800-1,000Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden |
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| 3124 | |||
| 1934 visit to Egypt, two studio portraits of the Crown Prince and his wife, formerly Lady Louise Mountbatten, both hand signed. Tear at right of both folders, just affecting the photographs. Also contemporary picture magazine featuring the visit to the royal family. Photo £400-500 Gustaf VI Adolf (1882-1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death. The King's reputation as a "professional amateur professor" was widely known; nationally and internationally, and among his relatives. Gustaf VI Adolf was a devoted archaeologist, and was admitted to the British Academy for his work in botany in 1958. Gustaf VI Adolf participated in archaeological expeditions in China, Greece, Korea and Italy, and founded the Swedish Institute at Rome Nazli Sabri, Queen of Egypt |
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| 3125 | |||
| 1936 (10 July) dinner menu card from the Palais d'Edfina, with bold signature of "Nazli" in ink at top; a couple of age marks. Photo £400-600 Nazli Sabri (1894-1978) was Queen of Egypt from 1919 to 1936 as the second wife of King Fuad. Following the death of King Fuad in 1936, her son Farouk became King of Egypt, and she became the Queen Mother. In 1946, Nazli left Egypt and went to the United States because of health problems Nazli Sabri, Queen of Egypt |
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| 3126 | |||
1941 (31 December) illustrated menu card for New Year Eve dinner at the Mana House Hotel Pyramids signed in pencil "1942 Mena House" by Nazli, her daughters Princesses Faiza and Faika and others including Mohammed Ali; the menu is split into two halves, otherwise fine. Photo £1,200-1,500King Farouk and King George VI |
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| 3127 | |||
| 1938 (12 January) A.L.S. from King George VI on Sandringham, Norfolk letterhead, "My dear Farouk, I hope you will like the pair of guns I am sending you for a wedding present. They are the same as those I use myself, and I hope you will have many opportunities of using them. With them go my best wishes for yourself and for your wife on your wedding day and during the years to come. Your sincere friend George R.I." With accompanying autograph envelope addressed "His Majesty / King Farouk" and initialled "GRI" by King George V1. A draft response from King Farouk is included: "My dear George, Thank you very much for your kind thought and the beautiful pair of guns which you sent me for my wedding. You could not have thought of a more cherished present. My wife joins me in sending you our warm thanks for your good wishes. We send you both our kindest regards and best wishes, Your sincere friend.". Also a few covers relating to the marriage on 20th January. Rare and important documents as letters between reigning monachs are seldom found. Photo £7,000-9,000 |
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| 3128 | |||
| 1940 (c.) photograph of dignitaries standing at the foot of the sphinx with Ahmed Mohamed Hassanein (first Chamberlain to King Faud), Princess Faiza (?) and Sultan Mohammed V. Photo £350-400 Princess Faiza (1923-94). She was the third child of King Fouad and Nazli Sabri and sister of King Farouk, Princess Fawzia, Princess Faika and Princess Fathia Ahmed Mohamed Hassanein (1889-1946). He was an Oxford-educated Egyptian courtier, diplomat, Olympic athlete in fencing, photographer, writer, politician, explorer and tutor to King Farouk |
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| 3129 | |||
1940 (c.) Mappin and Webb original artwork for a silver cigarette case with gold inlay (estimated cost £7) designed for King Farouk. A note indicates that a range of sizes could be made. Photo £1,000-1,250King George II of Greece |
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| 3130 | |||
| 1942 (April) bestowal document (with envelope) to the head of the Political Bureau of H.M. the King of Egypt, Mohamed Hassanein Ahmed Pasha, bestowing on him the Order of George I, Great Cross. Signed at foot by King George. Photo £300-350 For a picture of Ahmed Mohamed Hassanein, please see lot 3128 King Zog of Albania |
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| 3131 | |||
1944 (24 October) menu card from the marriage of Dr Hassan Nachat Pasha (Egyptian Ambassador to the Court of St. James) and Miss Patricia Priest. The menu with signatures including King Zog, Queen Geraldine (then in exile in Egypt), Field Marshal Birdwood. With the wedding order of service. Photo £500-600Mustafa el-Nahhas |
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| 3132 | |||
1949 (4 April) photograph, 9 x 6 1/2Montgomery of Alamein |
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| 3133 | |||
| 1951 (3 March) photograph, 9 x 7 |
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| 3134 | |||
1951 (3 March) photograph, 9 x 7IranReza-Khan Pahlavi |
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| 3135 | |||
1922 studio portrait of Reza-Khan in military dress, 6 1/2 x 9Royal Visit to Egypt |
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| 3136 | |||
1939 a collection of 48 photographs recording the Visit to Egypt by the hereditory Prince of Iran, the future Shah Reza Pahlavi, on the occasion of his marriage to Princess Fawzia of Egypt (sister of King Farouk). The collection includes a suede covered programme of daily events relating to the Imperial Visit (in French), music programme and menu and a souvenir issued by the Egyptian Lagation in Paris with portraits of the Imperial couple. A unique archive recording a dynastic marriage which ended in divorce. (54 items). Photo £4,000-6,000Queen Fawzia |
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| 1939 (c.) autograph letter from Fawzia, the future Empress of Iran, writing to Queen Farida of Egypt, wife of King Farouk 1 (her brother), with original envelope addressed "La Majesté la Reine / Farida / Egypte" My dear Farida, Would you my dear Farida excuse me not writing to you before now. You must know that my sentiments towards you, are always the same, if not more. But do you see Farida that if I had written to you before I could not have helped not speaking about the sad incident that have passed between our two countries, and I would not have liked to cause you any pain because you had naturally nothing to do with this story. I was very pained as well as my dear husband about all that has passed and that should not have passed, but I hope that now that the bad tongue will stop over there. I have to tell you that my husband thinks a lot of good about you and also Zeinab. He gardes (sic) a very good souvenir of you. Well now I think that it is time to start speaking about something more pleasant. I am giving this letter to Hassanein to take to you because it is more sure of reaching you safely. I have such lots of things to ask you that I don't know how to start, but of course the first thing that comes into my head is, how is dear little Ferial? How she must have grown since I last saw her. I saw just recently in the papers a photo of her sitting up, how fat and podgy she looks; how I would love to see her now and kiss and hug her. Zeinab told me that in one of your letters you said Ferial had started to walk a little and also speak a few words. Do please send me some photos of her. I would so love to have them and if you have any photos of yourself and Loukie - it would be so nice. What are you doing these days? Faika told me that she sees you more often now, than she used to, and every Friday she goes to the cinema with you, and in fact she is enjoying herself more than when we were together. I hear that Loukie is taking down quite a lot of buildings as usual, he has not yet lost that craze. I expect you go swimming a lot these days with Faiza. I hear that Nimi might be getting engaged very soon to the son of Dr Aly Ibrahim, is it true, does she like him? If it is true give her all my best wishes. How is Mama getting on these days in the best of moods I hope. You had better not show this letter to her as there might be ructions. I hear that Fathia has left her, or rather she got the boot. Any Way how did it happen? I never did like her much, neither did you for that matter. How is Bibi taking on the job? Is Mama really going to Europe? I don't think it can be possible now considering the situation in Europe, what with war starting it is much too dangerous. Your birthday is very neat, I expect you will get this letter after. You tell me about all the wonderful presents you will receive. I am also sending you a little present that I hope you will like, even though it is not anything much, it is not anything very much, it is just a little remembrance to show you that I have not forgotten you. I remembered you saying once that you would like to have a parure of turquoise, well it is very hard to find it all at once so I am sending you little by little, starting with the ring, which I hope that you will like. I expect you have heard rumours like everybody else that I am going to have a baby; ell I am afraid it is not true, I am not going to have a baby at least not just now, but maybe the next time I write you may hear the news. I expect you have read in my sister's letters what I do every day, well there is nothing new to write about except that I play tennis every other day, and see the cinema. In fact I have a very nice time and I am very very happy and I that is all. Give my sallams to your ladies in waiting Akiler & co. My husband and I send you our best thoughts. Lots of love from your Ever devoted Fawzia PS - Don't forget the snaps - and write as soon as possible, give my love to Loukie. A rare and interesting letter between the Royal families of Iran and Egypt. Also two letters from Teheran, written in French by Moadeb Naficy, the guardian and doctor of the Shah of Iran (Reza Pahlavi). Photo £7,000-9,000 Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (1921-2013) was an Egyptian princess, daugher of King Faud, who became Empress of Iran as the first wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Queen Farida, born Safinaz Zulficar (1921-1988) was the first wife of King Farouk. She was Queen of Egypt for nearly eleven years IraqRoyal Photographs |
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1928 photograph, 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches, of the future King Ghazi, dated on reverse and inscribed while in London to his sister as a memento of his visit. 1942 portrait of the future King Faisal II, 6 1/4 x 9 inches, seated on a chair below a portrait of his grandfather, King Faisal, signed and dated in ink. An unusual group showing three generations. (2). Photo £1,200-1,500Saudi ArabiaHejaz and Nejd |
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| 1926 (16 October) part printed telegram with manuscript message, by the Telegraph Office of the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd; the message is to Mr Omar Rusdie from the future King Khalid of Saudi Arabia. Scarce. Photo £250-300 |
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1927 Passport issued by the Kingdom of Hejaz and Sultanate of Nejd, and Dependencies, bearing two photographs of the holder with visa pages stamped (detached) at Egypt and Saudi Arabia bearing the appropriate revenue stamps. A good example of this short-lived passport. Photo £1,500-2,000THE AMERICASColombiaA Valuable Signature on a Military Letter from the Independence WarAntonio de Sucre |
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| 1821 (14 December) letter to Colonel Bernardo Monteagudo, the Minister of War in Peru, on Government letterhead from Guayaquil, evaluating strategical thoughts; Sucre indicates that he is unable to travel to Peru for political reasons but is trusting in Colonel Heres because of his knowledge of the country, his dedication and also his friendship and trust in The Protector (Simon Bolivar); signed "A.J. de Sucre". Age stained. Photo £400-500 Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá (1795-1830), known as the "Grand Marshal of Ayacucho", was a Venezuelan independence leader. Sucre was one of Simon Bol'var's closest friends, generals and statesmen. He became the second president of Bolivia PeruJosé de la Serna |
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| 1823, a note relating to the possible "incompatibility" regarding the post of Don de Rivera as the high official of the General Finance Administration in the Province of Arequipa, signed "Jose de la Serna" at Curco; light ageing. Photo £200-250 José de la Serna e Hinojosa, 1st Count of los Andes (1770-1832) was a Spanish general and colonial official. He was the last Spanish viceroy of Peru to exercise effective power (29 January 1821 to December 1824) Simon Bolivar |
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| 1825 an appointment promoting Vincente Garcia to a notary, with fine printed imprint of the Arms of Peru signed in Lima and bearing a fine signature of "Simon Bolivar"; repaired segment, creased and soiled; various endorsement on the reverse. Photo £600-800 Bolivar's great victories at the Battle of Boyaca (1819) and at the Battles of Junin and Ayacucho (1824) brought independence to Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. Yet the Republic of Colombia, or Gran Colombia, was starting to fracture into its constituent parts of Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. Bolivar's attempt to enhance his powers as president in 1828 were rudely rebuffed and he was the target of an assassination attempt the same year. This appointment is an impressive relic of the great Bolivarian dream of a united South America |
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| 1825 (1 October) a fine appointment document by the Governing Council promoting Manuel Delgardo to the General Treasury; with four official signatures including Hipolito Unanue, with further endorsement on the reverse. Repaired patch, otherwise fine. Photo £200-250 Andrés de Santa Cruz |
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| 1836 (21 November) official notice appointing Manuel Modesto del Burgo a member of the Legion of Honour; signed "Anores Santa Cruz" and by an official. Slightly reduced and folded. Photo £180-200 Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana (1792-1865) was President of Peru (1827) and Bolivia (1829-1839). He also served as Supreme Protector of the short-lived Peru-Bolivian Confederation (1836-1839), a political entity created mainly by his personal endeavors Andrés Avelino Cáreres |
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| Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 18th July 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Thursday 17 July 2014 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. |
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