A GOOD COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA FROM THE FAMILY OF MR ALFRED W...

Hammer

£550

A GOOD COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA FROM THE FAMILY OF MR ALFRED WILLINGDALE, WHO INSTALLED THE LIGHTING IN QUEEN MARY'S DOLLS HOUSE to include; A LETTER WITH ENVELOPE FROM HARRY NEWEY  Private Secretary for Queen Mary, 26th June 1924, thanking Mr Willingdale for the work he carried out on the dolls house, a NOTE SIGNED BY QUEEN MARY HERSELF which is the exact text found at the beginning of the Souvenir book, SIGNED BUST PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF QUEEN MARY, signed Mary R, 1924 with REMNANTS OF POSTAL ENVELOPE having red wax seal, AN INVITATION 'BY COMMAND OF THE QUEEN TO THE PALACE OF ARTS - BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION' where the Queens dolls house was on exhibition, COPY OF THE 'SOUVENIR BOOK - THE QUEENS DOLLS HOUSE' AND A BOXED SET OF 48 RAPHAEL TUCKS  OILETTE POSTCARDS 'THE QUEENS DOLLS HOUSE POSTCARDS' in blue and gilt slide top box (items in fair to good condition, card box with wear to some gilt lettering with bumped corners, souvenir book with slightly mottled staining and scuffs)