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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on February 13, 2015 at 8:09am

I would suspect a secretarial signature since Churchill tended to be very small and tight with his signature and he often signed "Wins tonS. Churchill" with a slight gap but this is not always the case.  I know he received huge numbers of requests and often had printed notes that look handwritten that were sent out by the thousands from his office.   I am not an expert so hopefully others may know better.

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Permalink Reply by Lars Olav Karlsen on February 13, 2015 at 8:24am

Yes, I don't like it either, but the person who received it was a war veteran and I want to be 100% sure before I tell the seller.

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Permalink Reply by michelle on February 13, 2015 at 8:41am

IMO not genuine .  Unlikely to be secretarial because they often mirrored Churchill's handwriting. Also why is it coming from graphic studios kent? 

Churchill did love writing, and his writing could vary depending how many umm whiskies he'd had but even if this was a personal friend he was writing to it ; - I have never heard of him sending a postcard in the post.  Most of his personal writings to friends always were sent on headed paper.

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Permalink Reply by Lars Olav Karlsen on February 13, 2015 at 8:48am

Its just the postcard that's from Kent. I don't think it was a friend, just a war veteran.

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Permalink Reply by michelle on February 13, 2015 at 8:58am

Hi; - no what I meant was that imo only a very , very close friend of Churchill's would  have been sent something as personal as a postcard  because it would be a very rare item indeed.  I have never seen one up for sale 

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Permalink Reply by Lars Olav Karlsen on February 13, 2015 at 9:07am

Aha, I understand. And if it was to a close friend he would never have written "Prime minister" below his name :)

This looks more and more like a joke from friends or something.

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Permalink Reply by Lars Olav Karlsen on February 13, 2015 at 8:59am

There is also written H.F.H in the lower left, and wonder if this means something.

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Permalink Reply by Edward Siebert on February 13, 2015 at 12:35pm

Sorry, it's just not even close to what a real Churchill looks like :(

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