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FDC with a cachet honoring Lal Bahadur Shastri, signed in black ink by Gandhi and in blue ink by one other. In fine condition.

Vintage fountain pen signature, “D. Lloyd George,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card bearing typed biographical information and an affixed photo. Encapsulate

Personal check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Getty, “J. Paul Getty,” payable to Medical Center Prescription Pharmacy for $4.61, July

Color glossy 14 x 11 photo of Gorbachev with Ronald Reagan, signed in blue felt tip, “M. Gorbachev.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered cr

Felt tip signature, “M. Gorbachev,” on an off-white 6.75 x 5.75 cardstock sheet bearing an affixed glossy photo. In fine condition.

German chemist (1879–1968) who won the 1944 Nobel Prize for the discovery of nuclear fission. ALS in German, one page, lightly-lined, 5.75 x 8.25, Sep

Private secretary (1838–1905) to and, later, biographer of Abraham Lincoln who also served as secretary of state under McKinley and Roosevelt. Ink sig

Two items: TLS, signed “E. P. Hillary,” one page, 8.5 x 11, mountain letterhead, dated January 8, 1995. Letter to a collector reads, in part: “I suppo

Glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo of the determined-looking Hillary, signed vertically in black felt tip. In very fine condition.

ALS, one page both sides, 6.75 x 9.75, August 10, 1964. Letter to historian James Shotwell. In part: “In recent years I have refrained from writing to