Attention for those interested in the crowned monogram depicted in "Alixz"'s post, number 457 . The EXACT crowned monogram (including the "side-ways" "H" ) in gold printing is shown in Illustration # 445, page 270, in the exhibition catalogue, " Nicholas and Alexandra," Wilmington, Delaware exhibition of 1999. The monogram tops a handwritten "Letter from Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich to Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, 25 September 1891, Fredensborg, Denmark." It is kept in GARF 645. There are numerous other examples of this monogram in different colors, such as illustrations 448, "Letter from Tsarevich Nikolai Alexanderovich to Princess Alix of Hesse (Dec. 17, 1893, written at "Gatchina, near St. Petersburg "), also # 451, 457, etc., etc. THUS, I DO agree with "Alixz" that it is indeed a monogram of the Emperor Nicholas II, undoubtedly used most often/exclusively as Tsarevich. Best regards, AP