Handwritten Collection (page 4)

Letter sent by King Philip II to City Council of La Coruna
Philip II (1527-1598). King of Spain. Letter sent by King Philip II to the City Council of La Coruna thanking the city for its resistance to the English siege

Money order with Titanic red rubber stamp
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - rare money order from Aherne's Exchange & Shipping Office in Queenstown, Ireland, dated 9 April 1912

American Line, St Paul, St Louis - postcard
American Line, St Paul, St Louis US Mail Steamers - postcard, postally used 6 September 1912: Am glad to say the Olympic arrived at New York on September 4th at 4.30pm'. Date: 1912

White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Charles Crumplin letter
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - First Class Bedroom Steward and victim Charles Crumplin, handwritten letter on Titanic stationery with White Star Line watermark, undated but written from Queenstown

White Star Line, RMS Olympic - bookpost postcard
White Star Line, RMS Olympic - unique Hurst & Co bookpost postcard showing the Olympic prior to her maiden voyage in Belfast with handwritten notation with much love from Uncle Tommie 27 Mar 11'

White Star Line, RMS Olympic - letter and passenger list
White Star Line, RMS Olympic - letter handwritten on board, and First Class passenger list for June 1927. Date: circa 1920s

Charles Lightoller archive, three notebooks
Charles Lightoller archive collection of three handwritten note and code books used during WW1, and WW2. The first two are handwritten books of code and marine information

RMS Titanic, Charles Lightoller summons
RMS Titanic - Second Officer Charles Lightoller. An official summons to appear before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia

Titanic Hero Memorial notice, Belfast
RMS Titanic - notice relating to the Belfast Titanic Hero Memorial'. It reads The Lady Mayoress having desired the opportunity of putting before our employes a suggestion that they should be

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, photo with handwriting and signatures. Abstract of logs dated 29 September 1920, 27 October 1920 and 17 November 1920. Date: 1920

Space Memorabilia - Joan Aldrin collection
Space Memorabilia - rare Apollo 11 signed first day cover, comes directly from the collection of Joan Aldrin. The Apollo 11 signed cover has a 10 cent First Man On The Moon postage stamp

Space Memorabilia - Apollo 11 first day cover
Space Memorabilia - rare Apollo 11 signed first day cover, comes directly from the collection of Joan Aldrin. The Apollo 11 signed cover has a 10 cent First Man On The Moon postage stamp

Titanic fireman Lindsay continuous certificate of discharge
RMS Titanic - fireman William Charles Lindsay, continuous certificate of discharge, showing Titanic listed as voyage No. 7 and described as intended New York

Letter from Captain Edward Smith to his daughter
Future Titanic Captain Edward J. Smith, from RMS Baltic - a unique handwritten letter to his daughter Helen, dated 29 November 1906: My Dear Daughter

Letter written by Ida Stanton on board RMS Carpathia
Handwritten letter written on board RMS Carpathia dated 15 August 1912 with original Cunard envelope. Dear Papa and boys... we were delayed by boarding a large cargoe (sic) of spaghetti

RMS Olympic - on board letter card
White Star Line, RMS Olympic - on board letter card dated 27 February 1912, only six weeks before Titanic sank and postally used 1 March 1912. This is the largest and finest boat in the world'

RMS Titanic - telegram from Marconi to Carpathia
RMS Titanic - one of the rarest and finest Titanic related telegrams known, described by the late Ken Schultz as an exceptional piece of history'

RMS Titanic - Marconi portrait with Carpathia telegram
RMS Titanic - one of the rarest and finest Titanic related telegrams known, described by the late Ken Schultz as an exceptional piece of history'

RMS Titanic - Probate of the Will, Ernest Tomlin, victim
RMS Titanic - third class passenger and victim Ernest Portage Tomlin. Original probate and legal documentation dated 6 July 1912 relating to Mr Tomlin's estate after his death on the Titanic

Four photographs of a cable ship, R D Legate Archive, with handwritten notation on reverse

Harland & Wolff - rare diary with handwritten entries, written by a member of the drawing office describing the events in the yard in 1880

RMS Titanic - William Logan Gwinn items
RMS Titanic - items relating to William Logan Gwinn (or Gwynne), Postal Clerk who lost his life at the age of 37 when the ship sank

RMS Titanic - letter from passenger Francis D Millet
RMS Titanic - First Class passenger and victim Francis Davis Millet (1848-1912), American artist and writer, handwritten over four sides, dated 7 February on letterhead Rue de l'Orient

RMS Lusitania - ledger listing supplies prior to sailing
RMS Lusitania - rare hardbound ledger dated 28 June 1907 to 26 August 1907 relating to supplies and provisions for the Lusitania prior to sailing

Printed ephemera, Cunard Line tags and labels

Inventory
Sheet of paper, possibly the endpaper from a book, with a handwritten list or inventory in French dated 16 February 1605. With pieces of the binding thread attached in the gutter

Queen Mary's letter, For Freedom, 26 April 1918
Queen Mary's letter from Windsor Castle, For Freedom, 26 April 1918 Date: 1918

Stationery, Albert Hotel, Cupar, Fife, Scotland, W Robertson, Lessee - a handwritten bill for transport services. Date: 1903

Late Victorian 1890s Greetings Card Christmas
late, victorian, 1890s, greetings, card, christmas, xmas, angel, angels, wings, white, cutout, handwriting, writing, handwritten, to, from, 12009241

Goat expresses opinion on Margaret Thatcher
A white goat expresses its opinion on Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. Its cardboard handwritten notice reads: Stop acting the goat

Foundling Hospital London, receipt signed by William Hogarth, 1697-1764, English artist
2919886 Foundling Hospital London, receipt signed by William Hogarth, 1697-1764, English artist. by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Private Collection

First page and dedication to Madame Hanska of Le Pere Goriot (pen & ink on paper)
BLT397984 First page and dedication to Madame Hanska of Le Pere Goriot (pen & ink on paper) by Balzac, Honore de (1799-1850); Bibliotheque de l'Institut de France, Paris

Le Devoir et l'Inquietude - Poemes, handwritten by Gala, 1917 (pen & ink on paper)
3576456 Le Devoir et l'Inquietude - Poemes, handwritten by Gala, 1917 (pen & ink on paper) by Eluard, Paul (1895-1952); each leaf: 16x12 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Gala Grindel-Eluard)

Letter to Man Ray, regarding the achievement of Facile, 1935 (pen & ink on paper)
474790 Letter to Man Ray, regarding the achievement of Facile, 1935 (pen & ink on paper) by Eluard, Paul (1895-1952); Private Collection; (add.info)

Le Devoir et l'Inquietude - Poemes, handwritten by Gala, 1917 (pen & ink on paper)
3576457 Le Devoir et l'Inquietude - Poemes, handwritten by Gala, 1917 (pen & ink on paper) by Eluard, Paul (1895-1952); each leaf: 16x12 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Gala Grindel-Eluard)

Letters, after 1916 (pen & ink on paper)
3576460 Letters, after 1916 (pen & ink on paper) by Eluard, Paul (1895-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: From a set of 27 signed letters)

Letter, after 1916 (pen & ink on paper)
3576461 Letter, after 1916 (pen & ink on paper) by Eluard, Paul (1895-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: From a set of 27 signed letters); Photo © Christie's Images

Souvenirs with Gala, 1913-18 (handwritten documents & b/w photos)
3576451 Souvenirs with Gala, 1913-18 (handwritten documents & b/w photos) by Eluard, Paul (1895-1952); Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images

Autograph to Rene Magritte, inset page of Le Meilleur choix de poemes est celui que l'on fait pour soi, 1818-1918
474497 Autograph to Rene Magritte, inset page of Le Meilleur choix de poemes est celui que l'on fait pour soi, 1818-1918, 21 November 1947 (pen & ink on paper) by Eluard

Autograph to Rene Magritte, inset page of To the German Rendezvous, 1942, 7th April 1945 (pen & ink on paper)
474496 Autograph to Rene Magritte, inset page of To the German Rendezvous, 1942, 7th April 1945 (pen & ink on paper) by Eluard

Autograph: Sir Francis Drake, 1586
3784351 Autograph: Sir Francis Drake, 1586.; (add.info.: Autograph: Letter from Sir Francis Drake to William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer)

Signed inset page of the first edition of Facile by Paul Eluard, 1935 (print and pen & ink on paper)
474787 Signed inset page of the first edition of Facile by Paul Eluard, 1935 (print and pen & ink on paper) by Eluard, Paul (1895-1952); Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images

First and last pages from Stolen! An unpublished short story by Eugene Grindel, the artist's real name
CHT163070 First and last pages from Stolen! An unpublished short story by Eugene Grindel, the artist's real name, 1907 (pencil on paper) (detail of 178706 and 178707) by Eluard

Le Devoir et l'Inquietude - Poemes, handwritten by Gala, 1917 (pen & ink on paper with collage)
3576455 Le Devoir et l'Inquietude - Poemes, handwritten by Gala, 1917 (pen & ink on paper with collage) by Eluard, Paul (1895-1952); each leaf: 16x12 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Signed letter to the poet's father, 1918 (pen & ink on paper, with post-marked envelope)
3576434 Signed letter to the poet's father, 1918 (pen & ink on paper, with post-marked envelope) by Eluard, Paul (1895-1952); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page 133. A very small Egyptian mummy in its coffin;an antient vase found in the ruins of Herculaneum;a Chinese
5670052 Page 133.A very small Egyptian mummy in its coffin; an antient vase found in the ruins of Herculaneum; a Chinese parasol, 1810-17 (w/c & manuscript text) by Digby

Page 132. An Egyptian mummy in its coffin, 1810-17 (w/c & manuscript text)
5670051 Page 132. An Egyptian mummy in its coffin, 1810-17 (w/c & manuscript text) by Digby, Kenelm Henry (1800-80); 39.6x25.2x5.4 cm; Mitchell Library

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