U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 13-14, 2017

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #98
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 #99
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 #100
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
1929 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 #101
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 #102
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 George Washington's signature  
Unsold

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