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1559:. Vol. 155. The Illustrated London News. 6 September 1919.
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Helena married
Colonel John Evelyn Gibbs (22 December 1879
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British Royal
Bookplates and Ex-libris of Related Families
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Dynastique, Tome II – Anhalt-Lippe-Wurtemberg
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1418:. No. 42195. 3 September 1919 – via
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1154:The letters of Rudyard Kipling
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