For your consideration is an exceedingly rare and historically important c. 2006 vintage Royal Family Household Greek Christmas Card, hand-signed by King Constantine II and Queen Anna Maria (formerly Princess) Greece / Denmark. Signed and dated 2006. Royal presentation Christmas card is original. Royalty card / document measures approximately 6.25″ x 8″. Unfolded measuresapproximately 16.0. Konsta’dinos ðef’teros; born 2 June 1940 is the former King of Greece, reigning from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973. Constantine is the only son of King Paul and Queen Frederica of Greece. As his family was forced into exile during the Second World War, he spent the first years of his childhood in Egypt and South Africa. King George II died in 1947, and Constantine’s father became the new king, making Constantine the crown prince. He acceded as king in 1964 following the death of his father, King Paul. Later that year he married Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark with whom he eventually had five children. Although the accession of the young monarch was initially regarded auspiciously, his reign saw political instability that culminated in the Colonels’ Coup of 21 April 1967. The coup left Constantine, as the head of state, little room to manoeuvre since he had no loyal military forces on which to rely. As a result, he reluctantly agreed to inaugurate the junta on the condition that it be made up largely of civilian ministers. On 13 December 1967, Constantine was forced to flee the country, following an unsuccessful countercoup against the junta. He remained (formally) the head of state in exile until the junta abolished the monarchy on 1 June 1973. The 1973 Greek republic referendum on 29 July, ratified the abolition. There were questions concerning the validity of this referendum and whether people were pressured to vote for a republic. Therefore a fresh referendum was held after the restoration of democracy in 1974. This second referendum was held after the fall of the junta as the 1974 Greek republic referendum on 8 December 1974 and confirmed the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of the Third Hellenic Republic. Constantine, who was not allowed to return to Greece to campaign, accepted the results of the plebiscite. Constantine is also a former competitive sailor and Olympian, winning a gold medal in the 1960 Rome Olympics in the Dragon class, and later serving on the International Olympic Committee. Along with his fellow crew members of the Nireus sailing vessel, he was named one of the 1960 Greek Athletes of the Year. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Historical Memorabilia\Royalty Collectibles”. The seller is “galleryoff5th” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Wallis and Futuna, Gambia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Poland, Oman, Suriname, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Argentina, Guinea-Bissau, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Bhutan, Senegal, Togo, Ireland, Qatar, Burundi, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Equatorial Guinea, Thailand, Aruba, Sweden, Iceland, Macedonia, Belgium, Israel, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Benin, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Italy, Swaziland, Tanzania, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Panama, Singapore, Kyrgyzstan, Switzerland, Djibouti, Chile, China, Mali, Botswana, Republic of Croatia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Portugal, Malta, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Cayman Islands, Paraguay, Saint Helena, Cyprus, Seychelles, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Australia, Austria, Sri Lanka, Gabon Republic, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Norway, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Kiribati, Turkmenistan, Grenada, Greece, Haiti, Greenland, Yemen, Afghanistan, Montenegro, Mongolia, Nepal, Bahamas, Bahrain, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Angola, Western Samoa, France, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Denmark, Guatemala, Solomon Islands, Vatican City State, Sierra Leone, Nauru, Anguilla, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Cameroon, Guyana, Azerbaijan Republic, Macau, Georgia, Tonga, San Marino, Eritrea, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Morocco, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Mauritania, Belize, Philippines, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Colombia, Spain, Estonia, Bermuda, Montserrat, Zambia, South Korea, Vanuatu, Ecuador, Albania, Ethiopia, Monaco, Niger, Laos, Ghana, Cape Verde Islands, Moldova, Madagascar, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Lebanon, Liberia, Bolivia, Maldives, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Central African Republic, Lesotho, Nigeria, Mauritius, Saint Lucia, Jordan, Guinea, Canada, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Andorra, Romania, Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Lithuania, Trinidad and Tobago, Malawi, Nicaragua, Finland, Tunisia, Luxembourg, Uganda, Turkey, Germany, Egypt, Latvia, Jamaica, South Africa, Brunei Darussalam, Honduras.
- Royal: King Constantine II / Queen Anna Maria
- To Commemorate: Coronation
- Type: Card
- Modification Description: Hand-signed by King Constantine II & Queen Anna Maria
- Royalty: Greek
- Year: 2006
- Theme: Royalty
- Country: Greece
- Features: Antique, Illustrated, Official Release
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Greece
- Modified Item: Yes
- Vintage: Yes
For your consideration is a rare and important royalty/nobility signed/autographed antique historic royal manuscript document / letter / commission / appointment / order / decree / proclamation / royal presentation photograph, hand-signed by HRH King Juan Carlos I of Spain. This vintage original black and white publicity photo of Juan Carlos is hand-signed. His black ink signature can be seen in the white margin. The gold foil embossed Spanish royal crown appears atop the photo’s border. This official royal presentation photograph / photo includes the cover of the envelope in which it was originally mailed to a man in the United Kingdom. Size of toyal Presentation Photograph: 5.5′ x 8.5. This is an actual photograph. Juan Carlos I (Spanish: Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from November 1975 until his abdication in June 2014. In Spain, since his abdication, Juan Carlos has usually been referred to as the Rey Emérito (“King Emeritus”). Juan Carlos is the grandson of Alfonso XIII, the last king of Spain before the abolition of the monarchy in 1931 and the subsequent declaration of the Second Spanish Republic. Juan Carlos was born in Rome during his family’s exile. Francisco Franco took over the government of Spain after his victory in the Spanish Civil War in 1939, yet in 1947 Spain’s status as a monarchy was affirmed and a law was passed allowing Franco to choose his successor. Juan Carlos’s father, Juan, was the third son of King Alfonso, who had renounced his claims to the throne in January 1941. Juan was seen by Franco to be too liberal and in 1969 was bypassed in favor of Juan Carlos as Franco’s successor as head of state. Juan Carlos spent his early years in Italy and came to Spain in 1947 to continue his studies. After completing his secondary education in 1955, he began his military training and entered the General Military Academy at Zaragoza. Later, he attended the Naval Military School and the General Academy of the Air, and finished his tertiary education at the University of Madrid. In 1962, Juan Carlos married Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark in Athens. The couple had two daughters and a son together: Elena, Cristina, and Felipe. Due to Franco’s declining health, Juan Carlos first began periodically acting as Spain’s head of state in the summer of 1974. Franco died in November the following year and Juan Carlos became king on 22 November 1975, two days after Franco’s death, the first reigning monarch since 1931; although his exiled father did not formally renounce his claims to the throne in favor of his son until 1977. Expected to continue Franco’s legacy, Juan Carlos, however, soon after his accession introduced reforms to dismantle the Francoist regime and begin the Spanish transition to democracy. This led to the approval of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum which re-established a constitutional monarchy. In 1981, Juan Carlos played a major role in preventing a coup that attempted to revert Spain to Francoist government in the King’s name. In 2008, he was considered the most popular leader in all Ibero-America. [6] Hailed for his role in Spain’s transition to democracy, the King and the monarchy’s reputation began to suffer after controversies surrounding his family arose, exacerbated by the public controversy centering on an elephant-hunting trip he undertook during a time of financial crisis in Spain. In June 2014, Juan Carlos, citing personal reasons, abdicated in favor of his son, who acceded to the throne as Felipe VI. Since August 2020, Juan Carlos has lived in self-exile from Spain over allegedly improper ties to business deals in Saudi Arabia. [6] Hailed for his role in Spain’s transition to democracy, the King and the monarchy’s reputation began to suffer after controversies surrounding his family arose, exacerbated by the public controversy centering on an elephant-hunting trip he undertook during a time of financial. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Historical Memorabilia\Royalty Collectibles”. The seller is “galleryoff5th” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Features: Antique, Illustrated, Official Release
- Country: Spain
- Modified Item: Yes
- Vintage: Yes
- Royal: King Juan Carlos I of Spain
- Theme: Royalty
- To Commemorate: Coronation
- Modification Description: Hand-signed by HRH King Juan Carlos I of Spain
- Royalty: Spain
- Signed: Yes
- Year: 1970’s
- Type: Royal Document
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Spain
- Brand: Unbranded
For your consideration is a rare and authentic 1929 hand-signed Royalty signed Postal Stamp / Document / Manuscript by King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III. King Victor Emmanuel III autograph on his 1929 stamp. The signature is over a related stamp: Italy 1929 Victor Emmanuel (Scott 222). Victor Emmanuel III Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro di Savoia; Italian: Vittorio Emanuele III, Albanian: Viktor Emanueli III, Amharic:???? 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947 reigned as King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946. During his reign of nearly 46 years, which began after the assassination of his father Umberto I, the Kingdom of Italy became involved in two world wars. His reign also encompassed the birth, rise, and fall of Italian Fascism and its regime. During the First World War, Victor Emmanuel III accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Paolo Boselli and named Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (the premier of victory) in his place. Following the March on Rome, he appointed Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister and later deposed him in 1943 during the Allied invasion of Italy of the Second World War. Victor Emmanuel abdicated his throne in 1946 in favor of his son Umberto II, hoping to strengthen support for the monarchy against an ultimately successful referendum to abolish it. He then went into exile to Alexandria, Egypt, where he died and was buried the following year in Saint Catherines’s Cathedral of Alexandria. Victor Emmanuel was also called by some Italians Sciaboletta (“little saber”), due to his height of 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in), and il Re soldato (the Soldier King), for having led his country during both world wars. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Historical Memorabilia\Royalty Collectibles”. The seller is “galleryoff5th” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Modification Description: Hand-Signed by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy with Co-signers.
- Signed: Yes
- Modified Item: Yes
- Vintage: Yes
- Royal: King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
- To Commemorate: Royal Order / Decree
- Type: Royal Document
- Royalty: Italian Royalty / Nobility
- Year: 1929
- Theme: Royalty
- Country: Italy
- Features: Antique, Illustrated, Official Release
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
For your consideration is a rare and important hand-signed official Spanish Postal Stamp / Manuscript / Document by King Alfonso XIII of Spain (verso) autograph on his 1928 stamp (B80) illustrating Pope Pius XI. Card measures approximately 3.0″ × 2.0″. Offered here is the back of a stamp, mounted on windowed paper, signed by Alfonso XIII (17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), who was also known as El Africano or the African. Alfonso XIII was King of Spain from 1886 until the proclamation of the Second Republic in 1931. The signature is over a related stamp: 1928 Pope Pius XI and King Alfonso XIII (Semipostal Scott B80). Alfonso XIII (17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African, was King of Spain from 1886 until the proclamation of the Second Republic in 1931. Alfonso was a monarch from birth as his father, Alfonso XII, had died the previous year. Alfonso’s mother, Maria Christina of Austria, served as regent until he assumed full powers on his sixteenth birthday in 1902. During Alfonso’s reign of the Kingdom of Spain, it experienced four major problems that contributed to the end of the liberal monarchy: the lack of real political representation of broad social groups; the poor situation of the popular classes, especially peasants; problems arising from the Rif War; and Catalan nationalism. The political and social turbulence that began with the Spanish-American War prevented the turnaround parties from establishing a true liberal democracy, which led to the establishment of the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera. With the political failure of the dictatorship, Alfonso impelled a return to the democratic normality with the intention of regenerating the regime. Nevertheless, it was abandoned by all political classes, as they felt betrayed by the king’s support of the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. He left Spain voluntarily after the municipal elections of April 1931, which were taken as a plebiscite on abolishing the monarchy. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Historical Memorabilia\Royalty Collectibles”. The seller is “galleryoff5th” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Modification Description: Hand-Signed by King Alfonso XIII of Spain with Co-signers.
- Signed: Yes
- Modified Item: Yes
- Vintage: Yes
- Royal: King King Alfonso XIII of Spain
- To Commemorate: Royal Order / Decree
- Type: Royal Document
- Royalty: Spanish Royalty / Nobility
- Year: 1928
- Theme: Royalty
- Country: Spain
- Features: Antique, Illustrated, Official Release
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Spain
