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

The earlier telegrams are handwritten, most of the later (from 1878) are as printed out by the telegraph. They commonly bear printed explanations of the arrangement of the messages, including numbers of words, the date, and the times the message was sent, received, and handed to the delivery messenger, and (except for the French ones) royal coats of arms in the heading or on the seal. Particularly attractive are the Russian arms used at the Livadia telegraph office (19th September 1875, sent from Baden Baden by the Empress Augusta).

Item Date:  1884

Stock No:  50233      £500

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