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Lot# 1756 - 202-204 Auction

  • Lot# : 1756 Russia

    1895/1918: Collection 400 picture postcards in used/unused condition, showing in a large diversity the members of the Royal Russian family i.e. the Tsar, the Tsarina, Tsarevitch Aleksey and his four sisters, family photographs, few critical French postcards with the Tsar depicted as an autocrate, cards issued after 1918 in memoriam, visits in France and Germany, alliance with France incl. French stationery envelopes commemorating the Tsar's visits in France, cards issued in Russia but also in Western Europe, lot includes in addition St. Petersburg sceneries, etched by Gr. Rudatsov and a selection of about 50 Western European cigarette pictures with royalty motifs. A great lot to be studied to be fully appreciated.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF