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The King of Siam: Vintage Postcard from 1921

January 8th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Royals, history, postcard, siam
Scarce, tinted postcard, depicting “ H. M. The King of Siam”. The postcard has been published by Y. Ebata ( Photo studio Mikasa, Y. Asow Co.).Used as postcard ( in an envelope) Bangkok, 1921. Fine condition.The Photo depicts the Siam Kindg Rama VI (1881 – 1925) Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua (Thai: พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรเมนทรมหาวชิราวุธฯ

Emperor Karl from Austria: Authentic Death Notice from 1922

March 3rd, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Habsburg, Royals
Scarce, authentic death notice of late Austrian Emperor Karl. Size: 2,8 x 4,2 inches, some wear, some creasing, no tears or splits though. Blessed Charles I (Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen) (17 August 1887 – 1 April 1922 was the last Emperor of Austria, the last King of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia and Slavonia, and the last monarch of the Habsburg dynasty.