U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 9-10, 2014

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #109
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
Astaire, Fred (1899-1987), American Film and Broadway star, signed black and white photo "To Alexa, Sincerely Fred Astaire", v.f.
Unsold
Lot #110
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
"The Quiet Man" (a 1952 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by John Ford. It starred John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen). A small Irish driving license from 1949-50, signed on the final page by several members of the cast of the film, including John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond, Barry Fitzgerald and three others, inscribed by O'Hara, some creasing and minor stains, still fine and appealing group of autographs (The film employed many actors from the Irish theatre, including Barry Fitzgerald's brother, Arthur Shields, as well as extras from the Irish countryside, and it is one of the few Hollywood movies in which the Irish language can be heard. All of the outdoor scenes were shot on location in Ireland in County Mayo and County Galway)
Unsold
Lot #111
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
1842 Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1835–1848), letter addressed to Ferdinand II, King of Sicily, dated 16 May, Vienna, with outer folded letter bearing wax seal on back, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #112
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
1935 Mussolini, Benito Amilcare Andrea (1883-1945, Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. He ruled constitutionally until 1925, when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set up a legal dictatorship. Known as Il Duce, Mussolini was one of the key figures in the creation of fascism). A partly printed document (immigration matters) headed "Vittorio Emannuele III Re d'Italia", boldly signed and dated by the king (Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947, King of Italy from 1900 to 1946), and countersigned at bottom "Mussolini"
Unsold
Lot #113
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
1935 Hitler, Adolf. Original black and white photograph (125:180mm), with embossed Nazi Party emblem at bottom, signed by Hitler, with "Heinrich Hoffman Photoberichterstatter der Reichsleitung der NSDAP" (Hoffman was the official photographer of NSDAP), hs on back, some peripheral toning, otherwise fine and rare signed photo
Price Realized
$900.00

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