Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
Order Signed by King of England George V – Appointment of Acting High Commissioner – August 1928
Opening: $2,500
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $3,125
Including buyer's premium
Appointment order of acting high commissioner to Palestine, hand-signed by King George V. August 17, 1928.
The order is printed on thick paper of very good quality; on the top margins appears a signature in King George's hand: George R.I. [Rex Imperator]. By the signature appears a seal with the coat of arms of the United Kingdom, and the legend: GEORGIUS V D G BRITANNIARUM OMNIUM REX F. D. IND. IMR. The document is also hand-signed by W. Seymour Hicks.
This order was issued in 1928, shortly prior to the arrival of the third High Commissioner, John Chancellor, and it authorizes the appointed official to replace the new commissioner in "the event of death, incapacity or removal". The appointed person is not mentioned by name, but in all likelihood it is Harry Charles Luke, the acting commissioner of the Mandate Government, who was Chancellor's "right arm" and was known as one of the most hostile officials toward the Jewish population. Luke is remembered in particular as the acting high commissioner during the 1929 riots (when Chancellor was in London), and many blamed him for the outbreak of the riots, the failure to stop the riots and the high number of casualties.
George Frederick Ernest Albert (1865-1936), King of England and Emperor of India between the years 1910 until his death, in 1936. Born as the second son of King Edward VII and served in the Royal Navy. After the death of his elder brother he became first in the line for the throne and in 1911 was crowned in Westminster Abbey in London. He was crowned king in a period of political tensions, and three years only after his coronation, in 1914 – World War I broke out. In the history of the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine King George is remembered mainly for the publication of the "Balfour Declaration", the historic document supporting the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, and his name was perpetuated in names of streets in Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Haifa and other places in the country.
2 written pages (sheet folded into two), 33 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Some damage (mostly to margins). Small tear to top margins and a stain on the second leaf (blank), from the wax seal.
Enclosed is an expert's certificate of authenticity.
The order is printed on thick paper of very good quality; on the top margins appears a signature in King George's hand: George R.I. [Rex Imperator]. By the signature appears a seal with the coat of arms of the United Kingdom, and the legend: GEORGIUS V D G BRITANNIARUM OMNIUM REX F. D. IND. IMR. The document is also hand-signed by W. Seymour Hicks.
This order was issued in 1928, shortly prior to the arrival of the third High Commissioner, John Chancellor, and it authorizes the appointed official to replace the new commissioner in "the event of death, incapacity or removal". The appointed person is not mentioned by name, but in all likelihood it is Harry Charles Luke, the acting commissioner of the Mandate Government, who was Chancellor's "right arm" and was known as one of the most hostile officials toward the Jewish population. Luke is remembered in particular as the acting high commissioner during the 1929 riots (when Chancellor was in London), and many blamed him for the outbreak of the riots, the failure to stop the riots and the high number of casualties.
George Frederick Ernest Albert (1865-1936), King of England and Emperor of India between the years 1910 until his death, in 1936. Born as the second son of King Edward VII and served in the Royal Navy. After the death of his elder brother he became first in the line for the throne and in 1911 was crowned in Westminster Abbey in London. He was crowned king in a period of political tensions, and three years only after his coronation, in 1914 – World War I broke out. In the history of the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine King George is remembered mainly for the publication of the "Balfour Declaration", the historic document supporting the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, and his name was perpetuated in names of streets in Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Haifa and other places in the country.
2 written pages (sheet folded into two), 33 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Some damage (mostly to margins). Small tear to top margins and a stain on the second leaf (blank), from the wax seal.
Enclosed is an expert's certificate of authenticity.
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