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Auction: 23025 - Historical Documents, Postal History & Autographs
Lot: 301

South Africa
General J.C. Smuts 1870-1950
Field Marshal, Prime Minister and Statesman. Collection comprising three signed photographs, one a formal studio image, a signed postcard photograph of Mrs "Ouma" Smuts, with two unsigned images; WW1 photograph on horseback; a censored 1917 cover from Denys Reitz (author of "Commando") signed to the lower left to "Mrs General J.C.Smuts, Doornkloof, Irene"; a commemorative booklet on the unveiling of the Louis Botha monument in Pretoria, 1946, signed by Smuts; funeral service programme, Pretoria; Dedication programme of Smuts House, Johannesburg; pictorial booklet "One Man in his Time", 1995, and a press publication in Afrikaans with extracts from Hansard 2-5 September 1939 on the declaration of war. A fascinating group (13)

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Estimate
£600 to £650

Starting price
£550