Royalty
ARTHUR
(Duke of Connaught, 1850-1942, Son of Queen Victoria, Governor General of Canada)
Christmas Card printed in colours of a basket of forget-me-nots,
inscribed For Albie, and on the verso From your very affect: Uncle Arthur, 2 sides 2¾ x 4, no place, Christmas
Item Date: 1882
Background
'Albie' is apparently Albert, (1869-1931, the son of Prince Arthur's sister Helena, and last of the line of Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg)
some tiny marks from adhesion in top left corner, cream surface on verso has 'silvered' a little, without loss
Stock No. 53872