U.S. & Worldwide Stamps; The Kaunas Collection Lithuania
May 8-9, 2013 and May 15, 2013

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #181
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
1838 LISZT, Franz (1811-1886), 1838 autographed letter signed to the Chevalier Catrufo "En Ville" rue Mortholon 7 Bis, enclosing a complimentary ticket to his concert, one page with integral address-leaf (small faults), 8vo. Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. Liszt became renowned for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age, and in the 1840s he was considered by some to be perhaps the greatest pianist of all time
Envelope
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #182
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
NAPOLEON, Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France, one page letter to the Minister of War (dictated to Baron Faure, Napoleon's Secretary), dated 12 June, 1812 at Konigsberg, signed "NAP", fine. On 23rd June, 1812, Napoleon invaded Russia
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #183
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
NICHOLAS II (1868-1918), Last Tsar of Russia (1894-1917), partly printed document in Cyrillic, one page certificate, awarding St. Anna Order 2nd degree with Sword, to Alexey Dobotvorsky, 1st Siberian Army Corps, Reserve Manchurian Army, 1905, signed "Nicolay", fine Imperial autograph, great Russo-Japanese War item
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #184
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. (1882-1945), U.S. President, 1932 typewritten judicial proposal, rejected by Roosevelt, still as governor of New York, with gold seal of the state affixed alongside, countersigned by the secretary, v.f.
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #185
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. (1882-1945), U.S. President, 1929 typewritten judicial proposal, rejected by Roosevelt as governor of New York, with gold seal of the state affixed alongside, countersigned by the secretary, v.f.
Price Realized
$290.00

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