CHURCHILL, SIR WINSTON, EARL MOUNTBATTEN & FIELD MARSHALL MONTGOMERY
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL FIRST DAY COVER, 8 JULY 1965
£450
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 9 October 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
Post Office First Day Cover. Churchill Centenary, 9 October 1974; Winston Churchill Birthday Trust. Contribution Form & Payment Slip; Facsimile letter from Churchill giving thanks for kind contribution to his birthday present; Guide to Parish Church of St. Martin, Bladon (detailing Spencer Churchill graves); Mountbatten, 1st Earl of Typed letter Signed to Robert Henrique, declining invitation to be patron of the Boys' Clubs, S.E. Asia Command Headquarters, 11 Nov., 1946, 1pp.; Royal Air Forces Escaping Society Thai First Day Cover, 6 June 1974, signed "Mountbatten of Burma, A.F."; Fleet Air Arm Museum First Day Cover, 24th March 1975, signed "Mountbatten of Burma"; Montgomery, Field Marshal Bernard Black and White press photograph by Camera Press Ltd. of Montgomery in 1942 watching battle of El Alamein from tank, signed 22-5-72, 205 x 253mm.; 25 Anniversary S.H.A.E.F. V.E Day First Day cover, 8 May 1970, signed "Montgomery of Alamein, F.M."; Montgomery, Field Marshal Bernard Autograph Letter Signed to "My Dear John", asking for a copy of "The China Tangle" by Herbert Feis, Islington Mill, Alton, 13 Dec. [-], 2pp.; Eighth Army. Personal Message from the Army Commander. Printed broadside, one leaf, 28.4.43, Tunisia, signed in pencil at foot, slightly browned, short marginal split at folds; 25 Anniversary S.H.A.E.F. V.E Day First Day cover, 8 May 1970, signed "Vera Lynn"; Single sheet signed "Yours Vera Lynn", 150 x 190mm.