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A postal card from Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt to José Rizal

A postal card from Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt to José Rizal

1887 December 24

Christmas Greeting Card

3 1/2” x 5 3/4” (9 cm x 15 cm)

 

Opening bid: P 50,000

 

Provenance:

Atty. Jorge Delos Santos

Rizal Family Estate, 1988

 

Literature:

Bayanihan newsletter, Bayanihan Collectors Club, “A Rizaliana Tale” No. 6 issue, December, 2001; Bayanihan newsletter,

Bayanihan Collectors Club,“Our Heroes Time” No. 16 issue, December, 2013.

Awarded:

Grand Prize, OLDEST POSTCARD MAILED TO, FROM OR WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES, GMA Channel 7, "Unang Hirit" Bring me

Contest, 2009

 

Lot 117 of the Leon Gallery / Asian Cultural Council auction on 20 February 2016. For more details, please go to www.leon-gallery.com

 

A postal card from Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt in Austria, bearing the earliest recorded Christmas greetings addressed to a Filipino, especially to our National Hero, Jose Rizal.

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