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Signed Subscription & Sierra Leone Land Grant
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Historically important documents directly related to abolishing the slave trade in the then-British African colony Sierra Leone. Exceptionally scarce signed...
Antique Engraved Map of Italy
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Hodiernæ Italæ Tabula 1726 by Edward Wells Original engraved antique map of Italy from 1726, illustrating the main geographical features...
Antique Map of Alexander the Great’s Conquests
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Beautiful engraved hand-colored antique map dated 1732, by the distinguished 18th-century cartographer Emanuel Bowen, depicting the broad and impressive extent...
Signature
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Beautiful florid signature in fountain pen, mounted on paper below small engraved reproduction. WU TING-FANG (1842-1922), also known as Ng...
Signed Russian Ruble Banknote
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A curious piece of history from Russia's stormy political past — a beautiful 25 Ruble banknote, dating from Tsarist Russia...
Signed Rasputin Sketch with Cross
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One of the more curious items we've come across in many years is this Signed Pencil Sketch of Grigori Rasputin,...
Royal Signature with Mourning Ribbon
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Beautiful crisp, florid signature by Queen Victoria likely cut from an official document, on off-white card approximately 3" x 2",...
Signature with Royal Seal
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Light, typically florid signature by Queen Victoria with cipher, likely taken from a royal commission. On light tawny parchment, affixed...
Bold Signature Framed
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VICTORIA (Alexandrina Victoria, 1819-1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from June 20, 1837, and...
Original Spanish Prisoner Letter
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Long before the well-known Nigerian money-transfer scam appeared in email inboxes worldwide, the "Spanish Prisoner" con, having begun in the...