VICTORIA (1819-1901), Queen of England. - Autograph note with signature Yours affectionately Victoria VRI on paper marked with her royal gold cipher. Accompanied by another paper on which are glued three portraits of Queen Victoria, her mother the Duchess of Kent and Prince Albert in CDV format, surrounded by pieces of tulle decorated with an eagle in a laurel wreath and a white cross edged in red carded with the inscription Gedenke des Cottillons .

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