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Princess Anastasia ALS

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Princess Anastasia ALS
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Autograph note signed in Russian, ''Little Anastasia,'' on the front and inside of a 5.25'' x 2.5'' fold-open card bearing a color chromolithograph of two little girls in winter clothes and sable muffs, one of which carries a Christmas tree. The youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II of Russia, Anastasia was murdered with her family on 17 July 1918 by forces of the Bolshevik secret police, making any signed items of hers very scarce. In this note dated 16 October 1909, the eight-year old princess writes to ''Shura'', asking her, ''…how are you and how are mum and dad?…What is the weather like out there? Little Anastasia''. Shura is most likely Alexandra Tegleva, Anastasia's personal nurse whom only the Princess called ''Shura.'' Alexandra Tegleva would accompany the Imperial family to Siberia in 1917 when they were fleeing revolutionary forces, and ultimately married Pierre Gilliard, tutor to the children. Some scattered light toning and soiling, primarily to first page and a bit of trivial surface loss to top right corner, otherwise fine condition. A brief but tender note from the young royal. Lot includes COA from PSA/DNA.