CHURCHILL, Winston S. Clipped signature ("Winston S. Churchill"), as Prime Minister, June 1942. Mounted WITH 13 ADDITIONAL WAR CABINET SIGNATURES. 1 page, folio (creased, creases reinforced on verso) The signatures pasted along the left margin with typewritten identifying captions alongside (three of thee of the captions in holograph). [With:] PORTAL, Peter. Autograph note signed to "Dear Peter", 8 Dec. 1942. p., 8vo, Air Ministry stationery, laid down. "Here are a few signatures for your collection..."

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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Clipped signature ("Winston S. Churchill"), as Prime Minister, June 1942. Mounted WITH 13 ADDITIONAL WAR CABINET SIGNATURES. 1 page, folio (creased, creases reinforced on verso) The signatures pasted along the left margin with typewritten identifying captions alongside (three of thee of the captions in holograph). [With:] PORTAL, Peter. Autograph note signed to "Dear Peter", 8 Dec. 1942. p., 8vo, Air Ministry stationery, laid down. "Here are a few signatures for your collection..."

THE WAR CABINET. An impressive collections of clipped signatures from each of the members of Churchill's War Cabinet as of 1942, along with key military figures: Clement Attlee ("C. R. Attlee"), Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs; Herbert Morrison ("Herbert Morrison"), Home Secretary; Ernest Bevin ("Ernest Bevin"), Minister of Labour and National Service; Leo Amery ("L. S. Amery"), Secretary of State for India; Archibald Sinclair ("Archibald Sinclair"), Secretary of State for Air; J. J. Llewellin ("J. J. Llewellin"), Minister of Aircraft production; Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook ("Beaverbrook"), Ex-minister of Supply; Dudley Pound ("Dudley Pound"), faded, Admiral of the Fleet; Alan F. Brooke ("Alan F. Brooke"), faded, Chief of Imperial General Staff; Trenchard ("Trenchard"), Marshal of the Royal Air Force; Anthony Eden ("Anthony Eden"), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Oliver Lyttelton ("Oliver Lyttelton"), Minister of Production; Charles Portal ("C. Portal"), Air Chief Marshal, 9 August 1942. Together 2 items.


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