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Lot 1090 |
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Battle of Britain, Two pages illustrated with stamps and covers and bearing signatures of Capt. Douglas Bader, the legendary legless airman, who, after his promotion to Wing Commander, had his plane collide with a German Messerschmitt and come down behind enemy lines. The Germans so respected Bader that they allowed the RAF to drop new artificial legs to him while in captivity. Also a cover signed by five Luftwaffe officers from WWII: Dieter Peltz, Werner Schoer, Rudolf Nacke, Joachim Helbig and Victor Vossberg.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1091 |
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Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British Prime Minister (1941-1945, 1951-1955); historian and orator.
Typed Letter Signed, January, 1940, just four months prior to forming the coalition war government, on Admiralty letterhead to a Headmaster Paul Boissier at Harrow, one of Churchill's first schools. Also a FDC of the U.S. Churchill commemorative signed by Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) and by four subsequent British Prime Ministers: Anthony Eden ("Avon"), Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home and Harold Wilson.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1092 |
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British Military, Six pages including autographs in various forms of Lord Louis Mountbatten, Sir Andrew Cunningham, Sir Bruce Fraser, Sir Archibald Wavell, Alexander of Tunis, Montgomery of Alamein (3, one on a broadside delivered to the troops in Sicily on September, 1943, just after defeating the Germans in Africa and just prior to carrying the fight to Italy); also a stampless feldpost cover with the Palm Tree & Swastika handstamp of the Africa Corps; a 1943 Christmas airgraph from the British 8th Army; and a 1940 cover written home by a member of the crew of the Germany battleship Graf Spee, while interned in Argentina (the ship had been scuttled by her crew rather than surrender it to the British).
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1093 |
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British Politicians, Five pages, illustrated with appropriate stamps and cards and including autographs in various forms of Neville Henderson, British Ambassador to Germany from 1937 until the outbreak of war; Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister who attempted to preserve peace by appeasing Hitler as long as possible; Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary under Chamberlain who resigned after the Munich Agreement; Edward, Duke of Windsor, who was King Edward VIII until his abdication, and who was part of the British military mission to France when the Germans invaded that country; and King George VI.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1094 |
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Josef Stalin (1879-1953), General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee (1922-1953), de facto Party leader and Soviet dictator.
Document Signed, 1 Oct 1940, typed document with three numbered paragraphs in Russian, several lines having been crossed out in red, signed at the bottom in pencil by Stalin and one other; slight edge tears and filing holes, Fine. Certificate of Authenticity from R & R Auctions.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
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Lot 1095 |
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Russia and Germany, Signed photo of Maxim Litvinoff, Russian Kommissar of Foreign Affairs, a Jew and an outspoken anti-Nazi, he was forced out when Hitler and Stalin signed a non-agression pact. Later, after Germany attacked Russia, Litvinoff came out of retirement as Ambassador to the U.S., also a spectacular 1939 German Anti-Bolshevism propaganda card.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1096 |
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Russian Front, Seven pages including cut signatures of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, commander of the German armies that overran Crimea and nearly took Stalingrad; Semyon Budenny, Marshal of the Soviet Union and later Commander in Chief of the Southern Front, whose troops were overrun by Operation Barbarossa; and Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet Ambassador to the U.S.; also 13 Soviet field post letters, mostly on pictorial letter sheets or postcards; a German propaganda leaflet in Russian informing the Soviet troops of the advantages of surrender; and an unaddressed German feldpost card bearing six Russian stamps cancelled Baranovichi, 22 Jun 1941, the first day of Operation Barbarossa (most likely back-dated cancels, as Baranovichi was not captured until 25 June).
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1097 |
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Georgi Zhukov (1896-1974), Commander-in-Chief of the red Army and signer of the German surrender in 1945.
War-time Typed Document Signed, 2 Oct 1940, a report on the condition of military vehicles and their drivers, and the issuance of stricter guidelines for vehicle operation, including the prohibition of smoking in vehicle cabins; also countersigned by Army Kommisar Purkayev (Maksim) and Kovo Chief of Staff Borisov.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1098 |
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Franklin Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the U.S. (1933-45).
Typed Letter Signed as President, 26 Mar 1941, six months prior to formal entry into the war, to a close friend in London, Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr., thanking her for her "women's defense information", which he turned over to "Mayor LaGuardia who is hard at work setting up the Office of Civilian Defense". Also mentions the poor health of his personal secretary Marguerite "Missy" LeHand, with whom he is rumored to have had an affair, and who had had a stroke in 1941 from which she never fully recovered.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1099 |
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Franklin Roosevelt, Autograph Endorsement, 29 July 1944, "F.W./ OK/ FDR", giving his approval in the margin of a copy of a letter from Postmaster General Frank Walter proposing the issue of stamps to honor the Armed Forces; punch holes in blank left margin, Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1100 |
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American Politicians, Six pages featuring autographs of Harold Burton, U.S. Senator from Ohio; William Dodd, U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1933-37); Lewis B. Hershey, head of the Selective Service System; Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State (1933-44); Fiorello LaGuardia, head of the Office of Civilian Defense; Henry L. Stinson, Secretary of War (two signed covers); and James Forrestal, Under Secretary of the Navy (signature on cover with Admiral William "Bull" Halsey).
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 1101 |
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Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Two pages featuring Propaganda Forgeries of German Hitler stamps produced by the OSS, 6pf violet (Mi. 15), full sheet of 50, original gum, N.H., and 12pf carmine (Mi. 16) used on cover; also a FDC of the U.S. V-E day commemorative signed by General "Wild Bill" Donovan, head of the OSS.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 1102 |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), U.S. General and Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force; 34th President of the U.S. (1953-1961);.
Typed Letter Signed, 17 Jun 1944, just over a week after the D-Day Allied invasion of occupied Europe, on Supreme Headquarters letterhead to a Mrs. J.H. Mason complying with her request and "enclosing my shoulder sleeve insignia" (not present), also includes the mailing envelope with "Free" in Eisenhower's hand; also includes signature of Sir Arthur Tedder, Deputy Supreme Commander, on a British stamp; an Eisenhower free-frank signature on an undated envelope addressed to Miss Virginia Howell, Cambridge, Ohio; TLS by W.A.C. Lt. Kay Summersby, Eisenhower's Secretary and Driver, 31 May 1945, on Supreme Headquarters letterhead to a Mr. Charles French, thanking him on Eisenhower's behalf for a good luck charm.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1103 |
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Eisenhower and V-E Day, Two signed covers, one an undated, self-censored free-frank cover to wife Mamie while commander of the Allied Forces in Europe; the other a signed multicolor handpainted Dorothy Knapp V-E Day cover postmarked Victory, Vt. A wonderful pair of Eisenhower signatures.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1104 |
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Omar N. Bradley (1893-1981), U.S. 5-Star General; commanded "Operation Overlord", the invasion of France; his troops liberated Paris, won the Battle of the Bulge, helped crush the Siegfried Line, crossed the Rhine at Remagen and raced to the Elbe, where they met the Russians in April 1945.
Four signed pieces: 13 Sep 1945 free-franked cover to a Bill Kelly in Pennington, N.J.; a signed FDC of the U.S. 1961 8¢ Pershing stamp; a signed card bearing a plate block of the 1945 U.S. Army stamp picturing V-E Day in Paris; and a Typed Letter Signed dated 2 Mar 1966, in which Bradley encloses the preceeding signed card.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1105 |
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Mark W. Clark (1896-1984), U.S. General, commander of the 5th Army and by the end of the war, commander of the Allied forces in Italy.
Three autographs: an Autograph Letter Signed, 28 April 1945 on Headquarters, 15th Army letterhead describing the final days of the war in Italy; also Clark's signature across a Brazilian stamp honoring Brazil's Expeditionary Force and Clark's 5th Army, who had fought together in Italy; a free-frank signature on a post-war cover dated 31 Aug 1946 from Headquarters U.S. Forces in Austria (not shown); also signed carte-de-visite of General Siegfried Westphal, Chief of Staff of German Field Marshal Kesselring, who agreed with Kesselring that the Allied campaign in Italy could have succeeded much earlier had Clark taken quicker advantage of his military superiority in the region.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1106 |
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James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle (1896-1993), U.S. General and commander of the 8th Air Force.
Three Doolittle signatures: a cover from the 1929 National Air Races at Cleveland, O. in which Doolittle was a participant (he had been a flying instructor in World War II); a cover dated 11 Mar 1944 to his wife in Washington; and a card picturing the insignia of the 8th Air Force; also two German "survival reports" in which citizens informed their families that they had survived particulary heavy Allied bombing raids.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1107 |
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A.C. McAuliffe and the Battle of the Bulge, McAuliffe was commander of the 101st Airborne Division, part of the Allied contingent sent to defend Bastogne, Belgium. After 10 days of bombardment, with his division surrounded by 14 German infantry divisions and 10 Panzer division, McAuliffe was commanded by the Germans to surrender, to which his now-famous reply was "Nuts!" Against all odds, the division held out until reached by Patton's 3rd Army.
Two 1946 Belgian stamps issued to raise funds for an American memorial at Bastogne, each signed "‘Nuts’, A C McAuliffe, Maj Gen, U S Army"; also a 1957 Belgian First Day Cover of stamps honoring Patton, signed by McAuliffe; and an Autograph Note Signed by Col. Raoul Fraiteur, Belgian Minister of Defense, 23 Jul 1946, to an unknown recipient, "I am sending you these few words to tell you how much I like your beautiful and courageous country".
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1108 |
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George S. Patton, Jr. (1885-1945), Brilliant U.S. General who commanded major units in both Africa and Europe.
Signature, "Lt. Gen G S Patton Jr.", on cover, 29 Jul 1943, to Frederick Ayer, author of a Patton biography, Before the Colors Fade: A Portrait of a Soldier, the cover is also self-censored by Patton in his own hand, "Censored, G S Patton Jr., Lt Gen."; also FDCs of Luxembourg (1947) and Belgium (1957) with stamps picturing Patton.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1109 |
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American Military Commanders in Europe, Five pages containing autographs in various forms of Air Force 5-Star General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, who learned to fly from the Wright brothers (also includes a cover signed by Orville Wright on the 40th Anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight); Army 5-Star General George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff; General Courtney Hodges, whose 1st Army freed Luxembourg and Belgium and captured Aachen, the first German city to fall; General W.H. Simpson, who led the 9th Army to the outskirts of Berlin, where he waited for the red Army advancing from the east; Air Force General Ira C. Eaker, who succeeded Britains Tedder as chief of the Mediterranean air command; General Joseph T. McNarney, Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean and later succeeded Eisenhower as commander of American forces in Europe; General Matthew G. Ridgeway, commander of the 82nd Airborne; Army Chief of Staff after the war; General Jacob L. Devers, whose 6th Army accepted the surrender of German troops in eastern Austria and captured Hitler's stronghold at Berchtesgaden.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1110 |
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Allies - European Countries, Eight pages featuring stamps, covers and autographs from Belgium, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Yugoslavia; autographs include King Leopold II, Hubert Pierlot and Paul-Henry Spaak of Belgium; King George VI of England (signature on a U.S. 5c Greece "Overrun Countries" stamp); Duke Felix and Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg (signatures on 1939 souvenir sheet below their portrait); Admiral Johannes Furstner of the Netherlands; and Marshal Tito leader of the Yugoslavian Resistance.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1111 |
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Allies - Non-European Countries, Five pages featuring covers and autographs from Australia, Canada, China and South Africa; autographs include Jan Christian Smuts, South African Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of of its troops; William L. Mackenzie King, Canada's war-time Prime Minister; and Francis Forde, Australia's Army Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1112 |
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Japan and War in the Pacific, Five pages including autographs of Hirosho Oshima, Japanese Ambassador to Germany during World War II, cut signature; Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister, dictator and primary instigator of the Asian war; signature on reverse of a Japanese bank note along with that of a Col. K. Suzuki, who has added the date, Nov. 14, 1945, and "Omori Prison" [where Tojo was held prior to his interment at Sugamo]; Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese pilot who led the air attack on Pearl Harbor, later repented and became a Christian evangelist and U.S. citizen, signed photo and cover; and Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of U.S. Naval Operations at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, signature on card (not shown); also seven multicolor Japanese field post cards (six used) and a Japanese picture postcard featuring the busts of Mussolini, Hirohito and Hitler.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Admiral Husband E. Kimmel (1882-1968), Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; released of his command ten days later.
Typed Letter Signed, 6 Mar 1941, on U.S.S. Pennsylvania letterhead, enclosing a check (not present) for the Fleet's contribution to the Red Cross; also a cover cancelled at Pearl harbor on the first anniversary of the attack. Pennsylvania was in drydock at the time of the attack but still had 15 men killed, 14 missing and 38 wounded.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1966), Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific fleet, replacing Husband Kimmel; Commander of Allied Forces on the Pacific Ocean Areas.
Hand-tinted Signed Photo, 11 Jun 1945, "C.W. Nimitz - Fleet Admiral", inscribed "To Mrs. Ruth E. Wallgren [great-great grandniece of John Ericsson, builder of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor], with best wishes".
Estimate 300 - 400
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Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883-1953), U.S. General, Commander of Allied Forces in the Philippines who, in order to minimize loss of life, surrendered the islands to the Japanese; held in various Japanese prisons until his liberation by the Red Army in 1945; the highest ranking American POW during the war.
Free-Frank signature on a 1947 cover; also a facsimile of the letter Wainwright wrote to Roosevelt on 6 May 1942 announcing his intention to surrender the Philippines and expressing his regrets feeling he had let his country down. The first thing he wanted to know upon his release from prison was "How am I thought of back in the states?" He was amazed when told that he was regarded as a hero. He was given a ticker-tape parade on his return home and awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), American General and Army Commander-in-Chief, lead World War II defense of Philippines, accepted Japanese surrender, led U.N. forces in Korean War.
Signed First Day Cover of the U.S. 3¢ Corregidor stamp with a cachet featuring his photo.
Estimate 200 - 300
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