[RAVILA
(Dr. Paavo, Professor at Turku University in Finland)]
Unsigned Press Photograph, by Orbis of Berlin,
showing him delivering a lecture on "The Kalevala and the Finnish Life of the Spirit" to the German-Finnish Society and the German Sibelius Society, as part of the 'Kalevala Celebration', seated in front of him are a string quartet, 7½" x 9", Nordic Society's Hall, Berlin, no date, c.
Item Date:
1941
Stock No:
51002
£40
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THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER THANK THE CAMBRIDGES FOR A WEDDING PRESENT
RICHARD
(2nd Duke of Gloucester, born 1944, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II) and his wife Birgitte van Deurs HENRIKSEN (born 1946)
Autograph Letter Signed by both to “Dear George and Dorothy”, the Marquess and Marchioness of CAMBRIDGE
(George Francis, 1895-1981, Prince George of Teck, nephew of George V and his wife Dorothy Hastings) thanking them for “so very kindly and generously giving us a pair of braces [?] - it was so kind and thoughtful - as they say in ‘showbiz’ ‘thank you for your support - I will always wear it. I hope you enjoyed the wedding as much as we did and did not get too wet. Aunt Alice seems on splendid form - for which we should thank you. I hope you are getting a bit more summer than there seems to be in London...” with a postscript thanking them “for the pans - I am sure the staff will find them frightfully useful...”, 2 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope, Kensington Palace headed paper, 6th August
Item Date:
1972
Stock No:
42614
£125
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ROMANOFF
(Ekaterina, 1878-1959, younger daughter of Alexander II by his second, morganatic marriage (1880) to Princess Yourievsky, née Dolgorouky)
Picture postcard, signed 'C. Romanoff', in English,
to 'dear Mr Kynoch', wishing him "health and happiness for the coming year", with vignettes on the verso in colour of the monument to Nicholas I, the winter Palace, the entrance to thew Summer Garden with the Alexander II chapel, and the arms of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, 8th / 20th December
Item Date:
1898
Stock No:
52724
£125
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[ROMANOV DYNASTY]
Postcard reproduction of a large sheet,
displaying vignette portraits of all the ruling Tsars and Tsarinas from 1613, with many of their consorts, to celebrate the tercentenary of the Romanovs, at the top are the Patriarch Filaret (Theodore) and his wife, the parents of Michael III, and at the bottom the Tsesarevich Alexei, unsigned, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1913
Stock No:
53023
£50
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ROYAL TELEGRAMS
Group of 22 Telegrams, all in French,
received by Count Boleslas Potocki (Pototski), from Tsar Alexander II (4), his sons Serge (1857-1905) and Paul (1860-1919) (4), and sister Olga (1822-1892), Queen of Württemberg (3), the Tsar's cousin Emperor Wilhelm I (5) and the Empress Augusta (3), and Wilhelm I's daughter Luise (1838-1923), Grand Duchess of Baden, the Red Cross Pioneer (3), thanking him for his wishes on festive occasions (New Year, the Tsar's name day, Wilhelm's golden wedding) and returning their own, and asking when they will next see him, on a very interesting variety of forms (Russian, German, French, Italian and Spanish), sent from their homes or from visiting relatives in Europe, 1871 -
a few tears at folds without loss
Item Date:
1884
Stock No:
50233
£500
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