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FERDINAND V; KING OF SPAIN. Document Signed, “Yo el Rey,” endorsing
the decree, in Spanish, of his daughter, the queen regnant of Castile and Aragon (“Juana la
Loca”), concerning a petition for construction of storage and other buildings necessary for
the security of the port of the city of Málaga, mentioning concern about pirates and the
presence of large numbers of slaves, and forbidding anyone from interfering with the plan-
ning, construction, or use of the buildings. Signed on the terminal page. 3
1
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4
pages, 4to,
written on the recto and verso of two sheets. (AKF)
Logrono, 30 December 1512
[1,500/2,500]
FIRST DAY COVER FOR OLYMPIAD DECLINED BY FISCHER
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FISCHER, ROBERT JAMES (“BOBBY”). Signature on a 1964 Chess
Olympiad commemorative cover, with a cachet showing a chessboard and pieces, and with
two 1964 Chess Olympiad postage stamps cancelled in Tel Aviv on the first day of the
event, November 2, each printed in English, Hebrew, or Arabic. Signed at upper left. With
a card explaining the chess problem, printed in English and Hebrew. 4x6 inches.
Np, nd
[300/400]
The cachet features a chess problem from a book by I. Neumann whose solution requires a com-
posite of old and new playing styles, an idea inspired by the title of Theodor Herzl’s novel,
The Old New Land
, as explained by the printed card accompanying this lot.
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