17th Dec, 2020 10:00
The Collectors' Auction
Signed Winston Churchill letter and other letters for the purchase of a spitfire
Sold for £780
A selection of letters to Lady Hoyle, wife of Sir Emanuell Hoyle OBE, 1st Baronet of Longwood, for the purchase of a Spitfire for the RAF during the Second World War at the sum of £5,000 and a war time thank you letter from Winston Spencer Churchill for a birthday gift, see details below.
30th November 1940 - a letter from Rosalind Culhane, Lady Padmore, Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, expressing his thanks for the interest free loan of £5,000 to the nation for the war effort, Treasury Chambers blind stamp.
4th December 1941 - letter from Winston Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. Handwritten 'Dear Lady Hoyle' and hand signed, otherwise typed with the content of 'I have received your letter of December 1, and am touched by your kind thought in sending me a birthday gift as a token of your confidence and goodwill. May I thank you also for the sentiments which you express in your letter.' On the Prime Minister's Downing Street letterhead.
6th September 1942 - letter from Albert Mash, Public Relations Officer, with an appreciation for the purchase of a Spitfire in the name of her Lieutenant Colonel Sir Emmanuel Hoyle, O.B.E.
26th September 1942 - letter from Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso, KT, CMG, PC (22 October 1890 – 15 June 1970), Secretary of State for Air during WWII, expression his thanks for 'the magnificent gift'. Hand titled and signed, otherwise typed on Air Ministry letterhead.
4th October 1942 - another letter from Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso, KT, CMG, PC (22 October 1890 – 15 June 1970), Secretary of State for Air during WWII, in regards to the inscription on the Spitfire.
6th October 1942 - letter and receipt from T.H. Endersby of Ministry of Aircraft Production, for the £5,000 cheque and details of inscription, receipt stamped 'GIFT FRO AIRCRAFT' and dated 30/9/42.
15th October 1942 - letter from Albert E. Mash, Public Relations Officer, Ministry of Aircraft Production, in regards to the Spitfire's inscription.
14th January 1943 - letter from Albert E. Mash, Public Relations Officer, Ministry of Aircraft Production, in regards to the delayed production of the photographs of the aircraft.
15th June 1943 - letter from Albert E. Mash, Public Relations Officer, Ministry of Aircraft Production, in regards to the Spitfire being despatched overseas and its use 'by one of your local boys'.
Other ephemera includes: an invitation to luncheon by The Governor of Bombay and his wife Lady Brabourne, in original envelope; and a Ceremonial Department card for a lady's being presented at Court, 19th December 1922.
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Auction: The Collectors' Auction, 17th Dec, 2020
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