HENRY
(Duke of Gloucester, 1900-1974, Officer in the 10th Hussars, Marshall of the RAF, Governor General of Australia, Uncle of Elizabeth II)
Early Autograph Letter Signed ‘Henry’ to Mrs Mackay,
(Mrs McKay, housekeeper at York Cottage) thanking her “so very much for your telegram and wishes. It was so very kind of you to remember my birthday...” 1 side 8vo., with original autograph envelope signed with initial ‘H’, Buckingham Palace headed paper, 2nd April
Item Date:
1917
Stock No:
43511
£75
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HENRY
(Duke of Gloucester, 1900-1974, Officer in the 10th Hussars, Marshall of the RAF, Governor General of Australia)
Excellent portrait photo by Vandyk, signed and dated on the mount,
showing him three quarters length length wearing uniform, looking slightly to one side, 8” x 5¼”, framed and glazed in a gilt frame, 15” x 11”, no place
Item Date:
1924
Stock No:
40602
£225
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SILVER FRAMED PRESENTATION PHOTOS FROM A LIVING GOD
HIROHITO
(1901-1989, Emperor of Japan) & his wife Empress KÕJUN (Princess Nagako, 1903-2000)
Superb pair of Presentation Portrait Photographs signed in Japanese,
which were given to the Canadian Ambassador, (Thomas Clayton DAVIS Ambassador to Japan from June 1954 until March 1957. He also held posts in Australia and Germany), showing the Emperor and Empress three quarter length, she is wearing traditional Japanese dress and he is wearing a suit, each in sterling silver frames with the Imperial Crest in gold at the head, 9” x 6” in frames 15” x 12”, with their original wooden boxes, no place, circa
Item Date:
1938
Stock No:
26100
£12500
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HOLROYD
(Sir Michael de Courcy Fraser, born 1935, Author and Biographer
Autograph Postcard Signed to Josephine PULLEIN-THOMPSON
(1924-2014, Writer best known for her Pony Books) saying that “this, I think, explains all. Delighted you can come. We look forward to seeing you there. Don’t forget your black tie...” and telling her that “Harry & Sheila Keating are also coming...”, 2 sides Margaret Drabble headed postcard, no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
43527
£25
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ILEANA
(1909-1991, Princess of Roumania, Daughter of Ferdinand I, wife of Archduke Anton of Austria & Dr Stefan Issarescu, later an Orthodox Nun)
Superb portrait photo by Luffenberger Moriaint, signed, inscribed
“To Diddo in remembrance of many a day” and dated on the photographer’s mount, also signed in pencil by the photographer, showing her holding her son Alexandra (b. 1935), 12” x 8½”, in mount 18” x 13” in fine original red and gilt frame, Sonnberg,
Item Date:
1939
Stock No:
22696
£475
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