U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History; July 15, 2015: The Confino Collection of United States
July 8-9, 2015
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #127 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE This lot has been withdrawn") | Unsold | |
 | Lot #128 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1812 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 #129 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1905 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 #130 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1684 PETER the Great, Peter I (Piotr Alexeyevich Romanov 1672-1725, Russian czar in the late 17th century, best known for his extensive reforms in an attempt to establish Russia as a great nation, ruled the Russian Empire from 1682 until his death), a large single page letter (text on both sides), probably a military commission, written in old Slavonic and signed "Petr" in the right margin. Also included an etching of Peter, plus an old map of Russia. A rarity | Unsold |
 | Lot #131 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1932 ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. (1882-1945, the only U.S. president to be elected four times. He led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II), 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 $280.00 |
 | Lot #132 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 |
 | Lot #133 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1796 WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799, U.S. President, General, leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, and the first to become U.S. president), signed ship's letter (15 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches, framed), text in three languages (English, French and Dutch), certifying the peaceful and legitimate voyage of the ship "Commerce" of Boston, carrying a cargo of rice and indigo, from Charleston, South Carolina to Falmouth, Massachusetts; signed and dated (5 February 1796) by Washington as President, also by Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State, other signatures of the port of Charleston authorities, notarized; printed on paper, completed by pen, with white embossed wafer seals of the United States and South Carolina, some intersecting folds and paper separations (partly mended on back), folds through the president's signature, still fine-v.f., strong presentation of Washington's signature | Price Realized $13,500.00 |
