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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on October 22, 2023 at 9:25am

An example from PSA:

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on October 22, 2023 at 9:34am

Another from RR

Permalink Reply by Eddy on October 22, 2023 at 9:54am

Bryan - 

Is this coming from a reliable source?  It has some characteristics of later Churchill, imho.  This rather than the early 1910's years when he was serving as First Lord of the Admiralty (which the notepaper would seem to possibly indicate).   The ink itself looks odd in it's presenting uniformity.... with a lack of natural application and drying/aging nuance of what would now be over 100 yrs. old.

My feeling on the above provided PSA example is that it is later secretarial (I believe that I have seen that style in thank-you notes, etc. to people and organizations that he was not necessarily intimately connected with).  The RR looks to be better (but I believe later).

Perhaps other will comment with more thoughts.

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on October 22, 2023 at 10:12am

I do not like the presentation at all.

Permalink Reply by Eddy on October 22, 2023 at 10:23am

p.s. He's highly forged, as you are probably aware, Bryan.

Permalink Reply by Bryan on October 22, 2023 at 10:31am

Good day again Eddy,

The seller is an antique dealer and not an autograph dealer. So I take them to be neither a reliable source nor a malicious one.

Thank you for your input as usual Eddy and Eric!

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on October 22, 2023 at 10:33am

Wise move. Most welcome :-)

Permalink Reply by Eddy on October 22, 2023 at 10:18am

Here's a choice authentic one from 1912.  It's a bit of different because it seems he paused between signing his first and last names...but gives a good idea of that period (my thought is he was more familiar in the inscription at first, but then decided to add his surname):

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on October 22, 2023 at 10:23am

I took the form of the OP to be much later in appearance.

Permalink Reply by Eddy on October 22, 2023 at 10:45am

Bryan - 

I think you are making a good decision to pass on it.

I pulled the image I supplied from a site called CHURCHILL BOOK COLLECTOR.  They have wonderful,  premium material (eg. the Churchill letter to T.E. Lawrence...WOW!).  But the site also can serve as a great reference source with his inventory at any given time:

https://www.churchillbookcollector.com/searchResults.php?category_i...

Permalink Reply by Bryan on October 22, 2023 at 10:50am

Many thanks Eddy

Permalink Reply by Eddy on October 22, 2023 at 10:53am

You're welcome, Bryan.

I'm going to buy that T.E. Lawrence letter they have when I hit the lottery...lol!

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