U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
February 23-24, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1177 RUSSIA Arctic Exploration 1918 picture post card addressed to Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Empress consort of Russia as spouse of Emperor Alexander III. She was the second daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Cassel. Among her children was Tsar Nicholas II, whom she outlived by ten years. The card was sent by Prince Valdemar of Denmark (the youngest son of Christian IX of Denmark and brother of Empress Maria Feodorovna), with notation in Danish "souvenir from the Hvidore, via Fram" and sent to the Empress in St. Petersburg, franked with Norwegian 5o green, tied by Polhavet pmk, arriving in 1926 (!) in Leningrad, returned, with markings in red crayon "Inconnu" (unknown). Interesting and historical item  | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1178 RUSSIA Arctic Exploration 1918 Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872-1928 Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912. He was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles). A picture postcard bearing Amundsen's facsimile signature, dated 26.6.1918 and addressed to Fredriksstad, franked with Norwegian pair of 5ore green, cancelled "Polhavet" (Polar Sea), fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
