AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
By International Autograph Auctions
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Jul 16, 2021
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 553:
[JAPANESE SURRENDER]: An unusual commemorative envelope featuring a neatly affixed 6.5 x 4 ...
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Sold for: €550
Start price:
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400
Estimated price :
€400 - €500
Buyer's Premium: 25.5%
VAT: 17%
On commission only
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[JAPANESE SURRENDER]: An unusual commemorative envelope featuring a neatly affixed 6.5 x 4 magazine photograph taken on the occasion of the Surrender of Japan on board the USS Missouri at Tokyo Bay on 2nd September 1945, individually signed by Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964, American General of the Army who officially accepted the Surrender of Japan in his capacity as Supreme Allied Commander; signed 'D. MacA'), Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1966, American Fleet Admiral, signatory to the instrument of surrender) and Jonathan Wainwright (1883-1953, American General, Commander of Allied Forces in the Philippines at the time of the Japanese Surrender) and further signed to a clear area of the envelope by Arthur Percival (1887-1966, British Lieutenant General, present at the Japanese Surrender, and known for his own surrender to the Imperial Japanese Army following the Battle of Singapore in 1942, representing the largest surrender in British military history). Post marked at Washington DC, 28th September 1945. A rare grouping of signatures. Some light overall age wear and minor scuffing to the lower left corner of the image, about VG
