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Auction: 14035 - Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents
Lot: 3120

Historical Documents
Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia
1919 (25 June) an indenture between Captain A.P. Koziell and H.I.H. The Grand Duchess of Russia being a mortgage to secure £6000. With accompanying documents of the United States Consulate-General at London and a notary in the City of London. Signed and sealed in the presence of Princess Nina Romanoff

Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876 – 1940)
She was the fifth child and second daughter of King George I of Greece and Olga Constantinovna of Russia. On 30 April 1900, Maria was married to Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, a maternal cousin. The couple had two daughters: Nina, born 7 June 1901; and Xenia, born 9 August 1903. She was in Great Britain when World War I broke out and chose not return to Russia, living in Harrogate where she was patron of three military hospitals, funding them generously and nursing patients herself.

For other Russian items, please see lot 3085

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