Historical Documents

WINSTON S CHURCHILL (1874-1965) British Prime Minister. TLS, as Sec for Colonies, 1p, Feb 3, 1922, 8vo, embossed Colonial Office stationery, Downing S

WINSTON S CHURCHILL TLS, 1p, Sept 19, 1951, 4to, Chartwell letterhead, to Squadron-Leader Neville Duke, interesting content. "...Thank you for ...

CLEMENTINE S CHURCHILL (1885-1977) Wife of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. World War II TLS, 1p, Oct 23, 1943, 4to, 10 Downing Street le

ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR (1848-1930) English Prime Minister; remembered for Balfour Declaration (1917), favoring establishment of Palestine as national ho

Duke of WELLINGTON Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), British general & statesman; crushed Napoleon at Waterloo; Prime Minister (1828-30). ALS, "...

BENJAMIN DISRAELI (1804-81) English Prime Minister. Envelope, addressed in his hand, postmarked London, Sept 20, 1875. Free franked at bottom left cor

FREDERICK II (1712-86) King of Prussia, known as "Frederick the Great." LS, 1p, May 15, 1781, 6 lines at top of a 4to sheet, Potsdam, in G...

WILLIAM PITT "The Younger" (1759-1806), England's youngest & perhaps greatest Prime Minister. Free franked address leaf, "Wm ...

WILLIAM I (1797-1888) King of Prussia (1861-88); 1st Emperor of Germany (from 1871). DS, as King, 3pp, Oct 30, 1866, folio, military appointment. Vert

WILLIAM II (1859-1941) Emperor of Germany (1888-1918); the "Kaiser" whose ambitions collapsed with his defeat in W.W. I. DS, as Kaiser, 3p...

AUGUSTUS II (1670-1733) King of Poland, called "Augustus the Strong"; made alliance (1701) with Russian Czar Peter the Great; forced by Sw...

LUDWIG I (1786-1868) King of Bavaria. LS, "Ludwig", as King, 1p, Feb 13, 1834, small 4to, Munich, to von Heintel, untranslated. VG. $200-300

ISABELLA I (1451-1504) Queen Isabella 'the Catholic', wife of Ferdinand V and co-ruler of Aragon and Castile; joint patron of Columbus. Manu...

ISABELLA I Manuscript DS, as Queen, signed "Yo La Reyna" ("I the Queen"), 1p, small folio, to her Chamberlain Sancho de Paredes,...

PHILIP IV (1605-65) King of Spain (1621-65); ruled Portugal (to 1640) as Philip III. DS, as King, signed "Yo el Rey" (I the King), 1p, May...

PHILIP IV DS, as King, signed "Yo el Rey" (I the King), 2pp, June 20, 1651, legal folio, Madrid, to the Viceroy of Mexico (Nueva Espana), ...

ALFONSO XIII (1886-1941) King of Spain (1886-1931); agreed to municipal elections (1931), which returned overwhelming Republican majority; lived in ex

ALFONSO XIII Letter of State, signed as King, 1p, Feb 8, 1917, folio, Madrid, to the President of Peru. "...As I have considered convenient to ...

FRANCISCO FRANCO (1892-1975) Generalissimo, Spanish dictator. Letter of State, signed as Head of the Spanish State, 2pp, Sept 10, 1945, folio, Madrid,

THOMAS G MASARYK (1850-1937) Czechoslovakian statesman and philospher; 1st President of Czechoslovkia (1918-35). Letter of State, signed as President,

JAN MASARYK (1886-1948) Czechoslovakian statesman; Foreign Minister (1940-48); Vice Premier (1941-45) of Czechoslovak provisional government in London

KEMEL ATATURK (1881-1938) President of Turkey (1923-38). Letter of State, signed as President, 2pp, Mar 2, 1935, folio, Ankara, to the President of Pe

(Shah of Iran) FARAH PAHLAVI, Empress of Iran; wife of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The Royal couple fled their country in 1978, afte

YASSIR ARAFAT Head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. SP, "Y Arafat", b/w, 5"X7", smiling portrait. Comes with 1981 trans...

FOUAD I (1868-1936) King of Egypt (1922-36). Letter of State, signed as King, 2pp, Aug 17, 1925, folio, Palace of Montazah, to the President of Peru,

ANWAR SADAT (1918-81) Egyptian soldier & statesman; assassinated after signing peace treaty with Israel. TLS, 1p, April, 1978, 4to, Cairo, to Mr...

HAILE SELASSIE (1891-1975) Emperor of Ethiopia, from 1930 until dethroned in 1974; known as "The Lion of Judah." SP, b/w, 8"X10"...

HAILE SELASSIE Signed FDC, adds date "1970", honoring the "International Cooperation Year, 20th Anniversary, United Nations", po...

MENACHEM BEGIN (1913-92) Prime Minister of Israel. SP, b/w, 3 1/2"X5 1/2", portrait. VG. $100-150

YITZHAK RABIN Assassinated Prime Minister of Israel. SP, "Y Rabin", color, 7"X9", half length pose. VG. $150-250

GOLDA MEIR (1898-1978) Prime Minister of Israel. Signed card, as Prime Minister. VG. $100-150

ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA (1794-1876) Mexican military leader and President; victorious at Battle of the Alamo; defeated and taken prisoner by Sam H

ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA LS, as President of Mexico, signed "A L Sta Anna", 1p, Oct 14, 1847, 4to, untranslated. Marginal chipping, wri...

BENITO JUAREZ (1806-72) Mexican statesman & national hero; exiled by Santa Anna, but returning to lead revolution against him; ended French domi...

(Kamehameha III) King of Hawaiian Islands (1825-54); secured from U.S. (1842) and from Great Britain (1843), recognition of independence of Hawaii. Br

CHIANG KAI-SHEK (1887-1975) Chinese general & statesman. SP, b/w, 3 1/2"X5 1/2", smiling portrait. Signed in Chinese. VG. $200-300

RAUL CASTRO Cuban military leader; brother of Fidel, and possible successor. DS, as Minister of Defense, 2pp, Sept 13, 1963, 4to, Havana, an honorary

NICHOLAS II (1868-1918) Last Czar of Russia; shot with his entire family after the revolution. Letter of State, signed as Czar, 2pp, Feb 13, 1913, fol

NICHOLAS II DS, as Czar, 1p, Nov 23, 1906, folio, granting the award of Saint Stanislav 2nd Degree to Prussian Major Hermann Moedebeck, for his &quo...

NICHOLAS II DS, as Czar, 4pp , Jan 1, 1908, folio, granting several awards, including the Saint Stanislav 1st Class to the Secretary of the Duma (Cong

GRIGORI RASPUTIN (1872-1916) Russian peasant monk and court favorite who wielded a strange power over Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra; preached

CATHERINE II (1729-96) Empress of Russia (1762-96), known as "Catherine the Great"; greatly expanded the domain of the Russian Empire. DS,...

PAUL I (1754-1801) Czar of Russia (1796-1801), son of Catherine the Great; hated by his people for his cruelty and manaiacal obsession with a military

NICHOLAS I (1796-1855) Czar of Russia. DS, as Czar, 1 1/2pp (single sheet), April 16, 1832, legal folio, St Petersburg, granting the Second Rate Order

MARIA FEDEROVNA Russian Empress, wife of Czar Paul I (1754-1801). LS, from tutelar Ivan Savrasov, 1p, 1827, 4to, re activities in a special educationa

ALEXANDER I (1777-1825) Czar of Russia, defeated Napoleon. DS, as Czar, 1 1/2pp, Aug 30, 1825, legal folio, granting awards, Anna 2nd Class with Diamo

ALEXANDER II (1818-81) Emperor of Russia (1855-81); greatest achievement was probably the emancipation of the serfs (1861); made important contributio

LEON TROTSKY (1879-1940) Russian Communist leader; organized the Red Army; expelled from the Soviet Union after Stalin came to power. Typed DS, as hea

LEON TROTSKY DS, signed in light purple pencil, 1p, 1923, oblong 8vo, to the secretariate of air forces, re a special detachment of the air force, wit

PYOTR A KROPOTKIN (1842-1921) Russian anarchist and philosopher; became foremost leader and theorist of anarchist movement; developed theory of &quo...