Apr 10, 2025 - Sale 2699

Sale 2699 - Lot 76

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
(WORLD LEADERS.) Group of 5 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed. Format and condition vary. Vp, vd

Additional Details

Victoria; Queen of the UK (2). ANS, "V[ictoria] R[egina] I[mperatrix]": "To / The Hon: Caroline Cavendish"; and Signature on small card, in the third person: "Her Majesty / Queen Adelaide / The Queen." Each 1 page, 8vo or 2½x3¾ inches. "Osborne," 31 July 1879; Np, nd • Edward VII; King of the UK. Partly-printed DS, "Edward R[ex] & I[mperator]," appointing Herbert Arthur Richards Oriental Secretary at Tehran. Countersigned by Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the Marquess of Lansdowne. 16¾x20¾ inches. [London], 1 April 1901 • Gilbert du Motier; Marquis de Lafayette. ANS, "Lafayette," to an unnamed recipient (lacking salutation), in French, forwarding a letter [not present] recommending Mr. Cassin for a position in the forestry administration. ½ page, 4to. "La Grange," [4 August 1801] • Franklin D. Roosevelt. TLS, as President, to Harvard classmate Thomas E. Winston, wishing speedy recovery and anticipating next reunion. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, with integral blank. Washington, 28 October 1935.