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Freddie Mercury

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Freddie Mercury
An autograph picture postcard, signed, [frankmarked Truro, Cornwall, 3.8.'71], the 17 lines written by Freddie Mercury in blue ballpoint pen to Denise Craddock, [a friend who was cat-sitting for him], telling her: We're staying in this cottage in Devoran and there are a few kitties rushing around outside - so it's not too bad..., adding ...I've got to rush cause there's only one pen and I've got it, and Brian's at my throat..., signing off ...All the Best Freddie - Excuse Haste; the obverse printed with a polychrome illustration entitled King Arthur's Cornwall

Literature

HODKINSON, Mark Queen - The Early Years, London: Omnibus Press, 1995, pp.147-148
Deaky Chronicles - www.deaky.com

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Lot Essay

This postcard was sent to Freddie's address near London's Kensington Gardens, where Denise Craddock was looking after his cats, Tom and Gerry. Queen were doing a short tour of Cornwall at the time and rather than staying at Roger Taylor's family home in Truro, had rented a cottage close by in Devoran.

This 11-date tour of Cornwall, organised by Roger Taylor, was a significant one for the group. It was the first tour they embarked on as Queen. In an interview, Deacon recalled: ...It was good because...we got to know each other really well and it settled us as a group...

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