Lot 1039
Rudolf Hess (1894-1987), One of Hitler's earliest political associates, acting as Hitler's deputy in the Nazi Party; tried and sent to prison in 1924 for commanding an SA battalion during the Beer-Hall Putsch . In 1941, on the eve of war with the Soviet Union, he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace, but was arrested; the last of the Nazi war criminals held in Spandau Prison.
Typed Letter Signed, 26 Mar 1938, as Deputy Fuhrer, offering congratulations to a Party member on the birth of a son; also a 1973 cover addressed by Hess from Spandau (with prison corner card) to his wife and four covers addressed to Hess in the mid-1930s. Estimate 400 - 600
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Realized $700 |