Historical Documents

LOUIS XIV (1638-1715) King of France (1643-1715), known as "Le Roi Soleil" (the Sun King); his reign (73 years) is the longest in European...

CHARLES II (1630-85) King of England & Ireland, known as the "Merry Monarch"; routed by Cromwell at Worcester (1651); issued Declarati...

GEORGE III (1738-1820) King of England. DS, "George R", as King, 1p, May 19, 1798, legal folio, Court of St James, military appointment of...

GEORGE III DS, "George R", as King, 2pp (single sheet), Sept 18, 1792, legal folio, Court of St James, pay order. In part, "...pay un...

MARY OF TECK (1867-1953) Queen of England (1910-36); wife of King George V. SP, b/w, image size 4"X5 1/2", regal standing pose, image by V...

GEORGE VI (1895-1952) King of England (1936-52). Very large SP, "George R I, 1937", as King, b/w, 16"X20", 3/4 length formal pos...

EDWARD VII (1841-1910) King of England, called "The Peacemaker"; eldest son of Queen Victoria. SP, as King, image size 6 1/2"X10"...

(Edward VII) A lock of his hair, 6 strands. Comes with a copy of the original paper folder which the hair was wrapped in, on which is written "...

DIANA Princess of Wales. ALS, "Diana", nd, on verso of a koala bear postcard, to an injured friend. Reads, "I just wanted to write to...

DIANA SP, color, image size 5"X5 1/2", candid shot of the Princess momentarily glancing upward. Nicely signed on the photographer's mo...

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...