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Parlophone card at auction - signed by band?

Signed Parlophone card with Dezo Hoffman photo, in the vertical format. Seen a number of these promo cards, more commonly in the horizontal format. Frank Caiazzo had a very nice one on his site etc.

Caiazzo says on his site "The vast majority of these cards were signed by the fan club secretaries" and that Neil Aspinall signed "a good number" of them in '63 and '64.

The auction listing says this example was signed by the band members. What do you think?

Link to the auction listing: https://bit.ly/2xJS9RG

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on March 18, 2020 at 11:56am

It looks like an authentic set to me.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Cushman on March 18, 2020 at 12:27pm

This is a nice early set from late 1962/early 1963. This card came out in October 1962 to coincide with the release of "Love Me Do". This has been around for a while.Harrison used the lower case "h" in his last name from late 1962 to early 1963....and Lennon using the cursive "J" in his first name around this time.. These were printed and sent to The Beatles to sign and hand out to the fans.The Beatles signatures became more refined around March 1963.

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Permalink Reply by Rarity for Sale on March 18, 2020 at 1:11pm

Thank you folks, much appreciated. The Harrison made me wonder a bit - I hadn't seen other examples quite like it. But I haven't see a lot of the early stuff. Very good to know and I'm envious of your expertise!