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Auction: 21066 - Historical Documents, Postal History and Autographs
Lot: 81

(x) The Major David Underwood Collection of collection of Royal Visits and Tours to India, 1876-1912
Personalities and Public Figures
Lord Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
A small group correspondence from various Indian dignitaries to Kitchener, many on elaborate letter paper and with crested stationery envelopes including 1904 (16 May) ALS from the Raja of Nabha congratulating Kitchener on "your recover from an attack of influenza", 1904 (8 July) TLS from the Nawab of Rampur enclosing some "Rampur mangoes", 1907 (6 Nov.) ALS from Ranbir Sing, Raja of Jind, a telegraph from the Governor of Bombay and a telegraph from Lord Kitchener to the Maharaja of Jaipur. An interesting group

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Estimate
£400 to £500

Starting price
£300