Germany, Poland, Garfield Collection of U.S. Postal Stationery
October 28-29, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1014 POLAND 1880 (12 May), FL from Antoine Berezovski to Ladislas Mickiewicz (son of Adam Mickiewicz) in Paris. Antoine Berezovski, a Polish patriot, was sentenced to penal servitude for life for attempting to assassinate Tsar Alexander II, on June 6, 1867, on the occasion of his visit to Paris. Berezovski, who was 18 at the time, fired into a carriage in which the Tsar, the Emperor Napoleon and his two sons were driving in the Bois de Boulogne. The Pole was tried, condemned and shipped to New Caledonia. A fascinating letter (written in French), with appropriate markings including "T", various transit and arrival pmk, ex-Stanczykowski colletion  | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
