U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 12-13, 2018

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Lot #585
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
1917 letter and envelope, from GEN. EDMUND ALLENBY, to American Consul General, Cairo, both signed "ALLENBY" (On the first day of Hanukkah in December 1917, the Battle of Jerusalem resulted in the city of Jerusalem falling to British forces led by General Allenby, after 400 years under Turkish rule. Allenby was an accomplished horseman and it would have made sense for him to ride triumphantly into the city. However on 11 December Allenby entered on foot out of his great respect for the Holy City, becoming the first Christian to control the city in centuries)
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Price Realized
$290.00

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