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Auction: 14035 - Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents
Lot: 3082

Historical Documents
Field Marshal Montgomery
1961 (30 Dec.) A.L.S. on letter head to Miss Baird, secretary of the South Africa Club, concerning his speech at a dinner in his honour at the Savoy. The letter includes the names and addressed of others who he would like invited the dinner, his brother Brian and his wife and a fellow officer and his wife. Written in turquoise ink and signed, "Yrs sincerely, Montgomery of Alamein". Included with this lot is the carbon copy of the letter from Miss Baird to Lord Montgomery. Filing pin holes in upper left corners. Photo

The letter head is from Isington Mill, Alton. This ruined watermill on the River Wey in Hampshire was bought by Bernard Law 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein in 1947. He lived there until his death on 24 March 1976

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Estimate
£200 to £250