PESSOANA.- PESSOA, Fernando.- Carta autógrafa.- Século XX (ca. 1920).- 1 f.; 250x200 mm. Autograph letter, published on letterhead (F. N. Pessoa, P.O. Box 147, Lisbon), dated 18/3/1920, without addressee, accompanied by the respective envelope (unsealed) addressed to: Escriptorio Félix, Valladas & Freitas, Lda. Rua da Assumpção, 42, 2º — De Fernando Pessoa. Qualquer pessoa do escriptorio pode abrir. Autograph signature: Fernando Pessoa. Os 250 reís que vão juntos é para o carro do Pantoja, caso elle venha. Beginning: Tenho estado com uma angina forte... Letter originally published in the work “Cartas de amor de Fernando Pessoa” (Lisbon, Ática, 1978, p. 167). Notes: FERNANDO PESSOA ESTATE - Classified assets subject to the Exercise of the Right of Pre-emption by the Portuguese State

In accordance with Portuguese Decree No. 21/2009, of September 14, https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/decreto/21-2009-489769, the estate of Fernando Pessoa is classified as an asset of national interest and is designated as a "National Treasure", under the following terms:

Article 1
Classification
1 - The estate of Fernando Pessoa is classified as an asset of national interest, understood as the universality of fact composed of all documents produced or gathered by Fernando Pessoa, whether in the form of autograph manuscripts, isolated or integrated into third-party documents, signed or unsigned, of typescripts or printscripts, with or without autograph intervention, signed or unsigned, as well as all biographical documents of Fernando Pessoa or those recording his techniques and habits, signed or unsigned, regardless of the finishing of the text or texts contained therein, and printed documents recognized as having belonged to his library and bearing autograph marks of use.
2 - The estate of Fernando Pessoa is designated as a "National Treasure".

Accordingly, it is communicated for the due purposes that:

The lots that constitute the Fernando Pessoa core of our live auction 241 - namely lots 131 to 143 inclusive - are classified, being subject to the Exercise of the Right of Pre-emption by the Portuguese State, to the export ban, and to the legal obligation to notify any change of location or any circumstance affecting the possession or custody of said assets.