AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS AUCTION
Da International Autograph Auctions
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13.7.22
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spagna
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LOTTO 1075:
HAILE SELASSIE I: ...
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Venduto per: €850
Prezzo iniziale:
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Prezzo stimato :
€400 - €600
Commissione per la casa d'aste: 25.5%
IVA: 17%
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HAILE SELASSIE I: (1892-1975) Ethiopian Regent Plenipotentiary 1916-30 and Emperor 1930-74. Vintage signed Christmas greetings card by Haile Selassie I, as Emperor, the stiff cream small 8vo folding card featuring a blue printed Imperial Achievement coat of arms to the cover, incorporating the emblem of The Lion's Throne of Solomon, on its seat an orb proper, on its back a Solomon's seal, flanked by the exterior ornaments of the archangels Michael and Gabriel, vested Or and Vert, on their breasts a square cross patonce and above the throne an open bible between the Amharic letters Alef, Wau and Alef, before the throne the Ethiopian Lion and the motto The Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, with a note on his procession cross, and the mantle featuring two branches of olive, crowned with the Imperial Crown of Ethiopia. With a printed greeting to the inside, in English, 'The Emperor of Ethiopia sends you his Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year', the same text penned in holograph to the opposite side in Ge'ez, in the hand of the Emperor, and also bearing the printed address of Fairfield, Bath (where Haile Selassie spent his exile in England, 1936-41). Tied with a ribbon in the colours of Ethiopia. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, and traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise about VG
