AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
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Dec 2, 2021
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 560:
PIUS XII: (1876-1958) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1939-58. An excellent manuscript Apostolic blessing in the ...
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Sold for: €650
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PIUS XII: (1876-1958) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1939-58. An excellent manuscript Apostolic blessing in the hand of Pope Pius XII, signed `Pius PP. XII´, beneath a large 13.5 x 18.5 photograph (33.5 cm x 47 cm). The image shows the Pope in a head and shoulders profile pose, wearing his Papal habit. The Pope´s blessing states `Alla diletta figlia Fernania Ojetti imprtiamo di cuore, come pegno di abondante grazie celesti, la Nostra Apostolica Benedizione´, also dated in his hand `Dal Vaticano, 2nd February 1941´. The photograph bears to the bottom matted border an attractive blind embossed Papal seal. Extremely small minor creases, otherwise VG
