STALIN, JOSEPH. Postcard photograph signed and inscribed (in Russian script ("J. Stalin"), n.p., n.d. [dated 1932 on verso]. 148 x 103mm. (5 3/4 x 3 3/4in.), unused back with imprint of "Unionbild...Berlin." A striking photograph of Stalin in greatcoat, boots and military hat, striding along a rain-soaked street. Inscribed in purple ink in white portion to "Comrade Malishkin". With a postcard photograph of Milishkin. Photographs signed by Stalin of this early vintage are very rare. Provenance: Anonymous owner (sale, Sotheby's London, 18 May 1989, lot 337).

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STALIN, JOSEPH. Postcard photograph signed and inscribed (in Russian script ("J. Stalin"), n.p., n.d. [dated 1932 on verso]. 148 x 103mm. (5 3/4 x 3 3/4in.), unused back with imprint of "Unionbild...Berlin." A striking photograph of Stalin in greatcoat, boots and military hat, striding along a rain-soaked street. Inscribed in purple ink in white portion to "Comrade Malishkin". With a postcard photograph of Milishkin. Photographs signed by Stalin of this early vintage are very rare. Provenance: Anonymous owner (sale, Sotheby's London, 18 May 1989, lot 337).