AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
Par International Autograph Auctions
3.12.20
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LOT 817:

[RUSSIAN GRAND DUCHESSES]: Olga Alexandrovna (1882-1960) Russian Grand Duchess, the youngest child of Tsar ...

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[RUSSIAN GRAND DUCHESSES]: Olga Alexandrovna (1882-1960) Russian Grand Duchess, the youngest child of Tsar Alexander III of Russia and younger sister of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. A.L., unsigned, on two sides of a plain postcard, n.p. (Copenhagen), 14th March 1924, to Ferdinand Thormeyer ('Cher et bon Siocha'), in French. The Grand Duchess thanks her correspondent for his swift answer to her letter and continues to inform him that they are attending church twice a week ('each year it brings me more joy'), further discussing mutual acquaintances and the weather, 'It is still freezing every night and outside of the city everything is still covered in snow. The lighting and the sun are the only things that warm us and remind us of spring'; Elena Vladimirovna (1882-1957) Russian Grand Duchess, wife of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and both first cousins of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. A.L.S., Ellen, to one side of a colour picture postcard featuring an illustration of Easter flowers, n.p. (Greece), 23rd April 1940 ('Today is my Father's birthday - he would be 93!'), to Countess Maria Ignatiev. The Grand Duchess thanks her correspondent for their letter and good wishes and hopes that she will enjoy a quiet and peaceful Easter in spite of everything, continuing to refer to mutual acquaintances ('Yes, poor Adini! I have no direct news of her, but heard that so far, they were unmolested, but it must be so hard for them all up there!') and concluding 'We are all going through anxious times - one can only pray & put one's trust in God'. Some very light, minor age wear, VG, 2 Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna's father was Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (1847-1909), son of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and a brother of Tsar Alexander III of Russia.