Russian Local Post (Zemstvo); U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
February 8, 2012 and February 22-23, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2187 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE BURR, Aaron (1756-1836) American statesman, attorney general, U.S. Senator, vice-president of the United States. His defeat in a contest for the governorship of New York, led to a duel in 1804 with Alexander Hamilton, whom he mortally wounded. Autographed folded lettersheet dated 1829 discussing legal matters relating to a mortgage obligation, addressed to Samuel Hopkins in Moscow, N.Y., manuscript "25" charge and red "Paid" handstamps, also New York, June 11 arrival pmk, fine and rare letter  | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #2188 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE CHALIAPIN, Fyodor (1873-1938) Russian Operatic bass singer, famous for his acting and his voice; he settled in France after the Russian Revolution. A signed ppc showing Chaliapin in full costume, dated 1918, v.f. and rare | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #2189 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE CHARLES III (Carlos III) (1716-1788), King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788. He was the eldest son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, the Princess Elisabeth Farnese, four-page, partly printed folio headed "El Rey", datelined Zaragoza, 25 March 1768, military commission, signed at bottom | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2190 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE COOLIDGE, Calvin (1872-1933) 30th President of the United States, attractive partly printed check, dated June 3, 1916, payable to A.J. Bushey for "one dollar", v.f. | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #2191 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE DAVIS, Jefferson (1808-1889) president of the Confederate States of America, ALS endorsed "personal", from Beauvoir, Miss., dated Nov.24, 1887 to R.M.Orne "accept my thanks for your kind letter of the 20th.. I have read with pleasure your mention of Genl H.R. Jackson, a pleasure proportional to the pain & disappointment... As to the reported interview with Genl Longstreet, I will only remark...", signed "Jefferson Davis", with the original envelope to Savannah, rare content | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #2192 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE EISENHOWER, Dwight, David (1890-1969) U.S. President, Partly printed letterhead "Allied Force Headquarters Office of the Commander-in-Chief", dated 1 November, 1943 and signed "Dwight D. Eisenhower", addressed to Miss Dorothea Hofmann, fine | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #2193 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE FERNESE, Alessandro (1520-1589), an Italian cardinal and diplomat and a great collector and patron of the arts, grandson of Pope Paul III (who also bore the name Alessandro Farnese), four-page folio signed and dated December 1586; also a four-page letter with seal, addressed to Duke Ferdinand, Archduke of Burgundy, some usual wear, interesting | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #2194 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE GAGARIN, Yuri (1934-68) Soviet cosmonaut, first man in space. His capsule was launched on April 12, 1961 and orbited the earth once. Signature on original black & white photograph showing Gagarin and three other cosmonauts in uniform, v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2195 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE GAGARIN, Yuri (1934-68) Soviet cosmonaut, first man in space. His capsule was launched on April 12, 1961 and orbited the earth once. Signature on color ppc showing young Gagarin in uniform | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2196 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE GAGARIN, Yuri (1934-68) Soviet cosmonaut, first man in space. His capsule was launched on April 12, 1961 and orbited the earth once. Signature on envelope, headed Estado do Rio de Janeiro, inside there is an invitation for the cosmonaut to attend an Embassy reception, along with Nikita Khrushchev, 30 July, 1961 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2197 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE GEORGE I (1660-1727), King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Luneburg (Hanover) in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698, three page letter written in German to Princess Elizabeth (Sophia), dated March 1711, overall toning, with official seal | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #2198 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE HARDING, Warren (1865-1923) U.S. President, signed "Proof of Publication", dated 9th April, 1892, while Harding was a publisher of the "Marion Star" | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #2199 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE HOOVER, Herbert (1874-1964) U.S. President, partly printed letterhead "Herbert Hoover", dated 15 November, 1928 Stanford University, Calif. and signed "Herbert Hoover", addressed to F.S. McCall, fine | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #2200 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE HOOVER, Herbert (1874-1964) U.S. President, partly printed letterhead "Herbert Hoover", dated Aug. 21, 1945 Stanford University, Calif. and signed "Herbert Hoover", discussing his proposed obituary and addressed to Wayne T. Cottingham, fine | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #2201 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE JACKSON, Andrew (1767-1845) U.S President, two page ALS, signed Andrew Jackson, quite worn and soiled, with two major fold separations through letter, canc. "Nashville T. Sep.12", addressed to Samuel J. Hayes, headed "Hermitage, Sept 2nd 1830", interesting contents: "I am off to the city this morning... I have succeeded in a treaty with the ... Will also with the Choctaws, with whom, on 15th instant a meeting is to be....". With 1991 Brian Kathenes cert. | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #2202 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE LINDBERGH, Charles (1902-74) American aviator, autographed luncheon menu, in the municipal auditorium in Birmingham, Ala, dated Oct.5, 1927, with "Welcome Lindy" at top, boldly signed "Charles A. Lindbergh", v.f. | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #2203 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE LINDBERGH, Charles (1902-74) 1926 first flight cover Chicago-St. Louis route, Springfield, home of Abraham Lincoln cachet, addressed to Harry S. New, postmaster general, signed "C.A. Lindbergh", pilot, also W.H. Conkling, postmaster of Springfield, v.f. and attractive Lindbergh cover | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #2204 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE NAPOLEON I (1769-1821) general and emperor of the French. A military document, single page (200:320mm), headed "Du Premier Consul de La Republique Francaise", addressed to the Minister of War, with red "Secret Papier" hs, numbered and signed "Bonaparte", as the First Consul, probably around 1800, countersigned by Gautier, with additional comments, probably by Napoleon in margin, fine and scarce document signed "Bonaparte" | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #2205 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE NICHOLAS I (1796-1855), the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the Russian monarchs. On the eve of his death, the Russian Empire reached its historical zenith spanning over 20 million square kilometers (7.7 million square miles). In his capacity as the emperor he was also the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Finland. A three-page mourning letter bearing intact Imperial seal, written in Russian to King Ferdinand of Sicily, boldly signed "Nicolas I", also with the original envelope | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #2206 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE SPACE. A special booklet containing 13 color ppcs of various Soviet cosmonauts, signed on their photographs by Yuri Gagarin, A.G. Nikolayev, P.R. Popovich, V. Bykovsky, Valentina Tereshkova, V.M. Komarov (died in crash) and P.I. Belayev, others not signed, v.f. and scarce | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2207 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE SPACE. A large black & white photograph of 10 early Soviet cosmonauts, signed by seven of them incl. Yuri Gagarin, Valentina Tereshkova, etc., rare | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2208 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1877 WILLIAM I, also known as Wilhelm (Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig) (1797-1888), of the House of Hohenzollern was the King of Prussia (1861-1888) and the first German Emperor (1871-1888). Under the leadership of William and his Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, Prussia achieved the unification of Germany and the establishment of the German Empire. A three page letter datelined Berlin 21.4.77, written in his own hand to his Secretary of State Hoffman, regarding the Reichstag and when it can be approved, with the original transmitting envelope | Unsold |
