VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Autograph address panel signed 'The Queen'
to her youngest son Prince LEOPOLD (1853-1884, a haemophiliac), at Osborne, Isle of Wight, wide black edges, 1 side 2¾" x 4¾", no place, no date, circa
laid down on sheet with early identification
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
53599
£175
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VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Autograph Dispatch Box tag addressed to 'Sir George Grey Bart.
[from] The Queen', with at the foot in his hand 'The Queen [from] G. Grey', original pinholes in centre, 1 side 7¼" x 4½", laid down at top and bottom on a sheet 9" x 6¼", (watermarked 1858 and headed in a contemporary hand 'from Dispatch box'), no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
53593
£175
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THE TROOPS HAVE FOUGHT SPLENDIDLY BUT THE LOSSES HAVE BEEN VERY SAD
VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Autograph Letter in the Third Person to Viscount CROMER,
(Sir Evelyn BARING, 1841-l917, 'the maker of modern Egypt', 1st Earl, 1901), from 1883 to 1907 British Agent, Consul-General and Minister Plenipotentiary in Egypt), with transcription, thanking him "very much for his last letter of the 11th Nov." and again expressing "her great satisfaction at Sir R. Wyngate's [Wingate's] great success". (against the Mahdist state in the Sudan, ending on 25th November 1899 with the defeat and death of the Mahdi Khalifa), "It was an unlooked for event & the best ending to the Mahdi Kalifa's power; little as that was after Omdurman", she is sure that "Lord Cromer is following the serious war in Africa with interest. It is an anxious time. The Troops have fought splendidly but the losses have been very sad, especially in Officers", and ending "Lord Cromer must feel more & more the loss of his dear wife who shared everything so truly & helpfully with him", with the original autograph envelope to him in Cairo as "H.I. Consul-General". the letter 3 sides 8vo black-edged, Windsor Castle, 6th December
a few short tears in envelope on opening
Item Date:
1899
Stock No:
56709
£1750
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VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Manuscript Docket in her hand signed 'The Queen' to the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Henry GOULBURN(1784-1856), during his second term of office, with Goulburn's signature at the other end, returning the papers [not present], 7" x 3", no place, no date but 1841 -
rather crumpled, original pin hole but perfectly legible
Item Date:
1846
Stock No:
56754
£95
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VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Envelope addressed in her hand 'For Charlie',
crowned VRI on flap, 2¾" x 4¾" black-edged, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1880
Stock No:
56755
£75
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