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Auction: 21066 - Historical Documents, Postal History and Autographs
Lot: 28

(x) The Major David Underwood Collection of collection of Royal Visits and Tours to India, 1876-1912
The Royal visit to India 1905-06
Publications and Bound Items
1906 - Return from India. A copy of the Illustrated London News for May 19, 1906, with a sketch on the front cover titled "Thanksgiving for the Prince of Wales's Safe Return: The King, The Prince and Princess of Wales and their Children in Westminster Abbey, May 13". The edition is signed along the lower right margin "Edward R&I" by King Edward VII. A most unusual item to have been autographed by the monarch, and rare thus

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Estimate
£250 to £300

Starting price
£180