KINGDOM OF GREECE - BANKNOTE: 50 DRACHMES, issued September 1, 1935.
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KINGDOM OF GREECE - BANKNOTE: 50 DRACHMES, issued September 1, 1935. Magnificent bill, intaglio printing in Banque de France colors. Young girl with covered hair carrying a sheaf of wheat. Reverse: antique scene with Elusis in the center, on the right a young woman holding an olive branch - NEW

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KINGDOM OF GREECE - BANKNOTE: 50 DRACHMES, issued September 1, 1935. Magnificent bill, intaglio printing in Banque de France colors. Young girl with covered hair carrying a sheaf of wheat. Reverse: antique scene with Elusis in the center, on the right a young woman holding an olive branch - NEW

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Large collection of seals 16th-19th cent, ca. 2000 seals of noble houses, including Baron von Brandenstein, von Pfuel, Baron von Hackelberg, von Lüttwitz, von Zobel, Count Rhena, Prince Schwarzenberg, von Stein, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Meiss von Teuten, von Witzleben, Count von der Gröben, Marshal von Bieberstein, Count of Solms, von Rabenhorst, Knight Schilling von Henrichau, Count Wildenstein, Baron Esch, von Münchhausen, Knight von Thile, Nicolaus von Perneck, Georg von Hohenlohe, von Kleist, Imperial Count von Reichtlingen, Archduke Carl of Austria, Ferdinand II. German Emperor, Prince Reuß, Albert King of Saxony, Countess von Walwitz, von Frankenstein etc., plus a few from kingdoms, including Bavaria, Saxony, Greece, Austria, Russia, Brazil etc. all labelled, some in alphabetical order, as well as approx. 100 paper seals, including Güterdirektion Nimes, Max Joseph von Bayern, Stadtrat Frankenberg, Weber-Innung Döbeln, Gemeinde Löthain, Fürst Fugger-Babenhausen etc., all in good condition, some mounted on cardboard.

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A GROUP OF ANCIENT GREEK COINAGE comprising Greek city of Kyme in Aeolis, bronze (circa 350 B.C); Kingdom of Bosporus, King Ththorus, bronze, (circa 298-299 A.D); Greek City of Syracuse in Sicily, Bronze, Hiketas (circa 287-278 B.C); Greek Kingdom of Mauretenia, Juba II (25-23 A.D), Silver; Greek city of Miletos in Ionia (circa 525 B.C), silver; Greek city of Istros in Thrace, bronze, (circa 200-100 B.C). (6)

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BONET, Etienne. Nine autograph letters signed. From Piraeus. 1855-1856 Letters in 8vo, on blue paper. A total of 36 pages. Good condition. French naval officer E. Bonet, 1831-1919, writes from Piraeus to his mother, brother, and friend Joseph from April 18, 1855 to April 9, 1856. He reports on the ongoing Crimean War, and talks about the town of Kertch and Admiral Jacquinot, commander-in-chief of the French fleet. The Crimean War was a conflict fought from October 4, 1853 to February 1, 1856 between the Russian Empire on the one hand and an alliance consisting of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain, and the Kingdom of Sardinia on the other. Franco-British forces occupied Piraeus in 1854 to prevent Greece from going to war against their Turkish ally. The occupation lasted until 1857. 1. Piraeus le 18 avril 1855. Bifolium. 210x134 ca. Letter on blue paper; text in French on four pages; cursive script, brown ink. Date at head, signature at end. "Mon cher frere ... siege de Sebastopol ... nous n'avons perdu jusqu'à present que 68 hommes..." 2. Piree le 23 mai 1855. Bifolium. 210x134 ca. Letter on blue paper; text in French on four pages; cursive script, brown ink. Date at head, signature at end. "Mon cher frere ... In Piree, mais pour la raison meme que se sont des combats tre rudes, tres penibles, ils n'ont pas lieu tout les jours." 3. Piree le 30 mai 1855. Bifolium. 210x134 ca. Letter on blue paper; text in French on four pages; cursive script, brown ink. Date at head, signature 'ton fils devoué' on page 3. "Ma chere mere ... une lettre de Sylvestre, datee de Kertch." 4. Piree le 20 Juin 1855. Bifolio. 210x134 ca. Letter on blue paper; text in French on four pages; cursive script, brown ink. Date at head, signature at end. "Mon cher frere ... une lettre de Sylvestre, qui me parle de l'expedition de Kertch".During the Crimean War, from 1853 to 1856, the city was devastated by Franco-British forces in May-June 1855 as part of the conquest of the Kerch Strait. 5. Piree le 11 Juillet 1855. Bifolio. 210x134 ca. Letter on blue paper; text in French on four pages; cursive script, brown ink. Date at head, signature at end. "Mon cher Joseph... Je crois qu'il ne soit dupé a Constantinople, les chevaliers d'industrie sont si nombreux, les femmes surtout sont si dangeresuses." 6. Piree le 18 Juillet 1855. Bifolio. 210x134 ca. Letter on blue paper; text in French on four pages; cursive script, brown ink. Date at head, signature at end. "Ma chere mere ... les vents sont tres bons et j'espere que dans quatre a cinq jours il sera rentre a Stamboul." 7. Piree le 14 aout 1855. Bifolio. 210x134 ca. Letter on blue paper; text in French on four pages; cursive script, brown ink. Date at head, signature at end. "Mon cher Joseph... Je vu il y a quinze jours environ Monsieur Cavelier qui se rendait a Constantinople." 8. Piree le 7 novembre 1855. Bifolium. 210x134 ca. Letter on blue paper; text in French on four pages; cursive script, brown ink. Date at head, signature at end. "Ma chere mere ... qu'il ne faut pas penser a demander une permission a l'admiral Jacquinot, qui comande la division. [...] la complaisance de l'admiral, qui est un eccellent homme ... "Charles Hector Jacquinot, 1796-1879, French naval officer, appointed vice admiral, from 1854 to 1855 was commander of Piraeus, Greece, then occupied by French troops to force the neutrality of the Kingdom of Greece in the Crimean War. 9. Piraeus le 9 avril 1856. Bifolium. 210x134 ca. Letter on blue paper; text in French on four pages; cursive script, brown ink. On letterhead with embossed initials "E B".Date at head, signature at end. "Mon cher Joseph... Je vu il y a quinze jours environ Monsieur Cavelier qui se rendait a Constantinople". BONET, Etienne. Nine autograph letters signed. From Piraeus.1855-1856 Letters in 8vo, on light blue paper. Overall 36 pages. Good condition. Officer of the French Navy, E. Bonet, 1831-1919, writes from Piraeus to his mother, brother and friend Joseph, from April 18, 1855 to April 9, 1856. He reports news on the ongoing Crimean War, and talks about the city of Kertch and Admiral Jacquinot, commander in chief of the French fleet. The Crimean War was a conflict fought from October 4, 1853 to February 1, 1856 between the Russian Empire on one side and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, Great Britain and the Kingdom of Sardinia on the other. Franco-British forces occupied Piraeus in 1854 to prevent Greece from going to war against their Turkish ally. The occupation lasted until 1857.

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