ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002) Queen consort of the United Kingdom 1936-52 as the wife of King George VI. Vintage signed Christmas greetings card by the Queen Mother, the stiff cream 4to folding card featuring a colour photograph to the inside, being a reproduction of a painting of the Queen Mother seated in a full-length pose wearing the blue sash, star and garter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Signed ( 'from Elizabeth R') by the Queen Mother in black ink beneath a printed Christmas and New Year greeting, 1968. With a gold embossed crown to the front cover. Some very light, minor scuffing, about VG

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