Letters from Britain’s Royal Family & others | Philatelic account of @peterhornung_hh | Fellow @the_rpsl | Spokesperson IBRA28 World Stamp Expo Ulm, Germany
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"Tell Lilibet if she can get there by tea time we could get in a ride on Surprise before dinner." 1958 personal letter of Lord Mountbatten to #PrincePhilip on family matters mentioning #QueenElizabethII. One of two letters (the other one will stay in my collection) in private hands. They were sold in 2023 by an English auctioneer and are said to be legitimately acquired by a journalist from the Duke of Edinburgh himself in the 1950ties. I rarely sell items like this, but this time I do. ebay.co.uk/itm/128138847072
"The Queen thanks Lord Hardinge for his letters of the 23rd and returns the enclosed papers... Nothing can be better than Lord Hardinge dispatches to Gen(era)l. Simpson..." Letter of #QueenVictoria dated 26 Nov 1855. Henry Hardinge was commander-in-chief of the British Army.
"KING'S SPECIAL WIRE"- Rare 1910 handstamp of the Telegraph Office of #BuckinghamPalace. According to Glenn H Morgan's handbook "Royal Household Mail" the Post Office Proof Book states: "Supplied to the Secretary for Court Telegraphist". This is an irregular use on a postcard.
A postbox of Liechtenstein Post at the International Stamp Fair Ulm this weekend. They sell Liechtenstein stamps, use a special postmark & accept mail (and lots of @postcrossing postcards!). #postboxsaturday
"COMPTON PLACE / EASTBOURNE"- A rubber datestamp used during the visit of #KingGeorgeV & #QueenMary to the country seat of the Duke of Devonshire in Feb/March 1935. Together with the OFFICIAL PAID/CROWN postmark used by The King when traveling.
"WESTMINSTER ABBEY"- This postmark was used at a temporary Telegraph office erected at the coronation of #KingGeorgeV & #QueenMary for the use of Press representatives from all parts of the world, who were seated just to the front of the Office. This cover was canceled-to-order.
"HIS MAJESTY'S YACHT"- A rare postmark used used at the Cowes, Isle of Wight Regatta on a cover to #BuckinghamPalace. In 1923 #KingGeorgeV took part with the racing yacht Britannia (not to be confused with the later HMY Britannia launched in 1953). youtube.com/watch?v=m_Y4XJSg…
"By the grace of the Most High,...Princess Elena Petrovna...was happily delivered of a son on the 7th of this January; ...Vsevolod." 1914 letter of Czar Nicolas II of Russia to Albert I of Belgium. Vsevolod was the last male member of the Romanov family born in Imperial Russia.
Here you can see how Alexandra's handwriting changed, maybe she had to switch from the right hand to the left. The #PrincessofWales had contracted a severe bout of rheumatic fever in 1867, late in her third pregnancy with Princess Louise. But some claim that it could have well been a different disease. "The suggestion is made that she more likely had gonococcal arthritis and that the infection was transmitted to her by her husband, the future #KingEdwardVII, then known as "The Playboy Prince." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2721…
"I therefore enclose £100 which I hope will be acceptable." 1911 letter of #QueenAlexandra when she was the dowager queen — widow of #KingEdwardVII, who had died in May 1910. She lived mainly at Marlborough House & Sandringham and kept up public and charitable work
"...the Queen,...approves of one of H.M.’s chocolate tins being placed on exhibition in the Royal United Service Institution as offered by Messrs. Cadbury." In 1900 #QueenVictoria had ordered to send chocolate bars to the troops in South Africa. bbc.com/news/uk-england-norf…
"Thank you very much for the lovely little bags you sent us. They will be very useful." 1935 letter of Princesses Elizabeth & Margaret from #Sandringham. Signed at the conclusion by the eight-year-old Elizabeth, who also signs on behalf of her four-year-old sister.
"You will be pleased at May's having a 3rd son which delighted us all." Letter of #QueenVictoria of 2 April 1900 to her grandson Prince Alexander of Battenberg aka Alexander Mountbatten. She refers to Mary, Princess of York (later #QueenMary), and her son Henry, born 31 March.
„This mailbox will be emptied for the last time on November 27, 2026. There will be no further collections after that date.“ A „Nordbrief Rendsburg“ mailbox in Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein. The company terminates its mail operations, stamps are only valid until then. #postboxsaturday
"Very many thanks for remembering me on my birthday with such a very useful present, for which I am most grateful." 1960 letter of #QueenElizabethII from #WindsorCastle to Mrs Tanner, widow of Hubert Tanner, headmaster of the Royal School at Windsor.
"votre bonne cousine, Marye”- 1556 letter of Queen Mary I to her cousin, the Duke of Savoy, relaying news and making a recommendation. She made vigorous attempts to reverse the English Reformation. The brutal persecution of Protestants earned her the nickname 'Bloody Mary'.
"I have become a great polo fan. It is extremely good for one's riding, I find, as all the ponies here are so quick that that unexpected turn which they are inclined to do, has one off in a moment!" 1950 letter of Pss Elizabeth from Malta to Horace Smith, Cadogan Riding School.
"My parents' visit to Paris was a great success, wasn’t it? They were delighted with the warm welcome which was shown them." 1914 letter handwritten in French by Edward, #PrinceofWales, to his former tutor Lucien Lassimonne. That time Edward studied at Magdalen College, Oxford.
" .. my cruise is going very well and the weather has been fairly good.. " 1902 letter of #KingEdwardVII from HMY Victoria & Albert while visiting the Scilly Islands. Onboard an OFFICIAL PAID postmark was available, upon arrival at Scilly P.O. the local postmark was applied.
