Lot 10149 – 1938 Royal Wedding of King Farouk and Queen Farida and King Farouk’s Birthday group of essays
Lot 10149 – 1938 Royal Wedding of King Farouk and Queen Farida and King Farouk’s Birthday group of essays
1938 Royal Wedding of King Farouk and Queen Farida and King Farouk’s Birthday group of essays, including: a) large photograph, 155x210mm, of the King and Queen at their wedding; b) one stamp-size portrait photograph as used for the Wedding issue and three of the portrait used for the Birthday issue; c) card with four pencil sketches with suggested frames for the Wedding issue; d) two photographic essays of the side crowns; e) eight npen and ink drawings on tracing paper and card of various parts of the design and inscriptions for both issues; f) four ink drawings on tracing paper of the Birthday “£E1”; g) tracing paper with four ink drawings (two incomplete) of the crown; and h) the issued stamps mint hinged
A unique group of essays for these popular issues
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