GRAND DUCHESSES OLGA & ELENA: A good set of two A.L.S., to two postcards by OLGA ALEXANDROVNA (1882-1960) Grand ...

GRAND DUCHESSES OLGA & ELENA: A good set of two A.L.S., to two postcards by OLGA ALEXANDROVNA (1882-1960) Grand Duchess of Russia, younger daughter of Emperor Alexander III, and sister of Tsar Nicholas II. A.L.S., Olga, two pages, to both sides of a postcard, n.p. Denmark, 2nd/15th of January 1924, to Ferdinand Thormeyer, ''Siocha'', in French. Grand Duchess Olga, from her exile in Denmark, states in part `..the portrait of mum must be an invention as mum doesn´t either remember having had her portrait done by him. And I only remember François Flanieng(?) at Gatchina..´ Postmarked and post-stamped; and by ELENA VLADIMIROVNA (1882-1957) Grand Duchess of Russia, the only daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and grand-daughter of Tsar Alexander II. A.L.S., Ellen, one page, to an Easter postcard, Athens, 10th/23rd April 1939, to Countess Maria Iourievna Ignatiev, Princess Urusov, in English. Grand Duchess Elena misses her youth, her home and refers to her childhood remembrances, stating in part `I remember the mince pies with dear old Mrs. Saville, & the little dolls you used to dress for my dolls! - house - How I loved them! And so, so many other souvenirs of our childhood & growth. Yes, I remember… sitting for my portrait, I think it must have been 1886 or 88? How strange you meeting Marie after all these years! My portrait alas! Remained in Ply in my mother´s bedroom…´ VG, 2 £200-300 Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928) Empress of Russia 1881-94, Princess Dagmar of Denmark, and mother of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna.