Every day Sophie Dupre presents two items from her large stock of signed photographs, autograph letters, autographs for sale, royal memoralbilia and antiquarian manuscripts.
The photographs are presented with the catalogue descriptions.
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March 06
On this day in 1915 the Greek King Constantine I fired his premier Venizelos. They had disagreed over whether Greece should enter World War I which led to the National Schism. Constantine forced Venizelos to resign twice but the second time the King was forced from Greece in 1917. In 1961 the Dutch Queen Juliana celebrated her 12½ year jubilee. When she celebrated her Silver Jubilee in 1973 she donated all the money raised to charity.
[CONSTANTINE I (1868-1923, King of Greece, husband of Princess Sophia, 1870-1932, daughter of Friedrich III of Germany)]
Fine Unsigned Portrait Photograph, showing him as a young man, full length, nearly three quarter face, in military uniform including white sash and trousers, holding his plumed cap in his right hand, with his left on his sword, 7¼” x 5”, no place, dated in pencil on the verso 13th January 1888
JULIANA (1909-2004, Queen of the Netherlands, 1948-1980)
Finely typed document, in Dutch with translation, to General Manuel A. Odría, (1897-1974, Leader of the Governing Military Junta, 1948-1950, President of Peru, 1950-1956), saying that she has appointed Jonkheer Dr Gerard Beelaerts van Blokland as her Special Ambassador for the inauguration of Dr Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, (1889-1967, President 1939-1945 & 1956-1962), knowing from his “personal qualities ... zeal for my service ... and ... attachment to my person” that “he will be worthy of Your trust and continue mine”, especially when assuring the President “of my high regard and friendship”, signed also by Jan Willem BEYEN, (1897-1976, Foreign Minister 1952-1956), blind-embossed royal arms at head, 2 sides 8¼” x 13” and conjugate blank, Soestdijk, 16th July 1956, two neat filing holes in blank margin, extremely light browning in a few places
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