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Various historical documents and memorabilia from all angles of history. Colonial & Revolutionary War, Americana, Civil War Era, Military & World War II, Presidents & Politicians, Foreign Heads of State, Miscellaneous Notables, Miscellaneous, Science & Technology, Artists, Authors, Musical Composers, Sports, Entertainers.

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CATHERINE II (1729-96): CATHERINE II (1729-96) Empress of Russia (1762-96), known as "Catherine the Great"; greatly expanded the domain of the Russian Empire. DS, as Empress, 1p, 1769, oblong folio, Papal appointment. An

0506: CATHERINE II (1729-96)Est. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

CATHERINE II: CATHERINE II DS, as Empress, 1p, April 15, 1763, legal folio, Moscow, ordering payment to a Kammerdiener. Reads, "...We command the said office to give OUR Kammerdiener Ivan Zlatnitsky, who today

0507: CATHERINE IIEst. $750-$1,000Lot Passed

PAUL I (1754-1801): PAUL I (1754-1801) Tsar of Russia (1796-1801), son of Catherine the Great; hated by his people for his cruelty and maniacal obsession with a military discipline. DS, as Tsar, 1p, Nov 10, 1800, legal

0508: PAUL I (1754-1801)Est. $300-$400Lot Passed

MARIA FEDEROVNA: MARIA FEDEROVNA Russian Empress, wife of Czar Paul I (1754-1801). LS, from tutelar Ivan Savrasov, 1p, 1827, 4to, re activities in a special educational house at the Czar's residence at Gatchina (near

0509: MARIA FEDEROVNAEst. $200-$300Lot Passed

NICHOLAS I (1796-1855): NICHOLAS I (1796-1855) Czar of Russia. DS, as Czar, 1p, April 9, 1832, legal folio, granting the award of St Anna, 2rd Class. VG

0510: NICHOLAS I (1796-1855)Est. $300-$400Lot Passed

NICHOLAS II (1868-1918): NICHOLAS II (1868-1918) Last Czar of Russia; shot with his entire family after the revolution. ALS, signed with initial, 1p, 1895, 8vo, in pencil. "Please get a courier for departure to Darlashtad on

0511: NICHOLAS II (1868-1918)Est. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

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NICHOLAS II: NICHOLAS II DS, as Czar, 1p, Dec 19, 1902, legal folio, granting awards, St Anna, 2nd & 3rd Classes, to various policemen. VG.

0512: NICHOLAS IIEst. $750-$1,000

NICHOLAS II: NICHOLAS II DS, as Czar, 2 pages (single sheet), Nov 25, 1902, folio. Awarding the Order of St. Anne to Joseph Gordiyevsky and Nikolay Sinkevich, priests of the Kiev Women's Monastery. VG.

0513: NICHOLAS IIEst. $750-$1,000Lot Passed

ALEXANDER I (1777-1825): ALEXANDER I (1777-1825) Czar of Russia, defeated Napoleon. DS, as Czar, 1p, April 25, 1825, legal folio, granting awards, St Anna, 2nd & 3rd Classes, to various individuals. VG

0514: ALEXANDER I (1777-1825)Est. $300-$400Lot Passed

ALEXANDER II (1818-81): ALEXANDER II (1818-81) Emperor of Russia (1855-81); greatest achievement was probably the emancipation of the serfs (1861). DS, as Czar, 2pp, Sept 17, 1867, folio, granting the award of St Vladimir,

0515: ALEXANDER II (1818-81)Est. $300-$400Lot Passed

ALEXANDER III (1845-94): ALEXANDER III (1845-94) Czar of Russia (1881-94); both anti-liberal & anti-Jewish. DS, as Czar, 3 1/2pp, Nov 9, 1890, legal folio, granting awards, St Stanislaus, 2nd & 3rd Degress, to various

0516: ALEXANDER III (1845-94)Est. $300-$400Lot Passed

JOSEPH STALIN(1879-1953): JOSEPH STALIN(1879-1953) Soviet political leader and virtual Dictator from 1929-53. AES, "Agreed, Secretary of Setanka, Stalin", 1934, 4"X6", in dark red pencil. Signed at bottom of a playful note

0517: JOSEPH STALIN(1879-1953)Est. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

JOSEPH STALIN: JOSEPH STALIN Ornate World War II date DS, 8pp, April 10, 1942, folio, Moscow, the Diploma of the Laureate of the Stalin Prize, awarded to the men who helped create emergency leather substitutes.

0518: JOSEPH STALINEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

LEON TROTSKY (1879-1940): LEON TROTSKY (1879-1940) Russian Communist Leader; organized the Red Army; expelled from the Soviet Union after Stalin came to power. DS, signed in dark blue pencil, as Chairman of Revolutionary

0519: LEON TROTSKY (1879-1940)Est. $600-$800Lot Passed

LEON TROTSKY: LEON TROTSKY DS, 1p, Oct 16, 1926, 4to, organizational content. Boldly endorsed by Trotsky with initials, beneath stamped signature, in blue pencil. Also signed by several others. Light wear, overall

0520: LEON TROTSKYEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

LAVRENTY P BERIA (1899-1953): LAVRENTY P BERIA (1899-1953) Soviet Union politician; the dreaded head of Joseph Stalin's security agency, the NKVD, who oversaw the Great Purge of 1934-38 and ordered the deaths of thousands. Beria

0521: LAVRENTY P BERIA (1899-1953)Est. $250-$350Lot Passed

LEONID BREZHNEV (1906-82): LEONID BREZHNEV (1906-82) Soviet political leader; Chairman of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1960-64), engineering the ouster of Nikita Kruschev; 1st Secretary of Communist Party (1964-66);

0522: LEONID BREZHNEV (1906-82)Est. $750-$1,000Lot Passed

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV: MIKHAIL GORBACHEV Premier of the Soviet Union, the man who brought his country out from behind the Iron Curtain. SP, color, 10"X8", the famous image of Gorbachev embracing President Ronald Reagan.

0523: MIKHAIL GORBACHEVEst. $200-$300Lot Passed

BRUNO RICHARD HAUPTMANN (1899-1936): BRUNO RICHARD HAUPTMANN (1899-1936) Notorious kidnapper and murderer of the baby of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh; executed in New Jersey in the real "Trial of the Century." SP, brown tones, 9

0524: BRUNO RICHARD HAUPTMANN (1899-1936)Est. $3,000-$4,000Lot Passed

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MEYER LANSKY (1902-83): MEYER LANSKY (1902-83) American businessman; considered the financial brains behind organized crime. DS, check, Sept 17, 1939, drawn on the National Shawmut Bank of Boston, completed in his hand.

0525: MEYER LANSKY (1902-83)Est. $500-$750

ROBERT STROUD (1890-1963): ROBERT STROUD (1890-1963) American ornithologist, called the "Bird Man of Alcatraz"; imprisoned for murdering a man in Juneau, Alaska (1909), and a guard in Leavenworth Prison (1916). ALS, 2pp

0526: ROBERT STROUD (1890-1963)Est. $400-$600Lot Passed

CARLO GAMBINO (1902-76): CARLO GAMBINO (1902-76) American Mafia kingpin; boss of New York's most powerful crime family. A power in Brooklyn, he rose through the revamped Mafia-syndicate ranks with "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer

0527: CARLO GAMBINO (1902-76)Est. $300-$400Lot Passed

WILLIAM H DAVIDSON: WILLIAM H DAVIDSON Son of William A Davidson, co-founder of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles; served as President of the company for 29 years (1942-71), and later as Chairman of the Board. TLS, "Wm H

0528: WILLIAM H DAVIDSONEst. $1,500-$2,500Lot Passed

EDSEL FORD (1893-1943): EDSEL FORD (1893-1943) American automobile manufacturer; President of Ford Motor Co (1919-43); son of company founder, Henry Ford. TLS, 1p, Oct 17, 1935, small 4to, personal letterhead, Dearborn,

0529: EDSEL FORD (1893-1943)Est. $400-$600Lot Passed

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