General

Large ink signature of King William IV (1765 - 1837) on head of vellum document.

William IV, known as the 'Sailor King' was the third son of King George III & King of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover (1830 -1837) Succeeded by his niece Victoria in 1837.

From the Holyoake estate, this unique item is a framed 1971 Christmas card in Prince Charles' hand addressed to New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Keith and Lady Holyoake and signed 'Charles'.

King George III (1738 - 1820) King of Great Britain and Ireland - beautifully framed with side-view portrait.

Strong signature in ink on legal document on vellum with printed 'GEORGE THE THIRD BY' underneath the signature.

Frame measures 37cm x 32cm.

Typed letter signed on Royal Oak Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand letterhead, framed, dated 2 April, 1959 addressed to a Mr Cooper -

Autograph letter framed, in the hand of Capt Thomas Masternam Hardy, Lord Nelson's Flag Commander on the 'Victory' at the Battle of Trafalgar, dated 21 July, 1834 from the Admiralty

A wonderful letter in the hand of 'The Master' Sir John Berry Hobbs - always known as Jack Hobbs -no date, presumably c 1930s.

Born in New York City in 1904, physicist J Robert Oppenheimer served as Dirstor of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the development of the atomic bomb. Known as 'The Father of the Atomic Bomb' Oppenheimer died from cancer at the age of 62 in 1967.

George Washington (1732/1799) was an American soldier and politician who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the founding fathers of the United States.

This stunningly framed piece is so special as it contains an original letter on Missionaries of Charity letterhead personally signed by St Teresa of Calcutta.

Admiral of the Fleet, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, was a British naval officer and statesman, an uncle of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II.