Postcard signed with envelope, to Philip Yale Drew, American actor and suspected murderer.

Author: 
W. Reginald Bray, dealer in autographs, 8 Queen's Garth, Forest Hill, S.E. 23 [London], England.
Publication details: 
Stamped 11 Nov. 1929.
£180.00
SKU: 5589

Printed postcard with manuscript additions, minor defects. The printed heading describes him as ""The Autograph King. Unchallenged. Owner of the largest collection of Modern Autographs in the World", lists the Exhibitions at which he has displayed his stock, and adds his address and a request to the recipient to write their autograph ("Request Register No. [17861]". The recipient of this was Philip Yale Drew who added "Young Buffalo" to his full clear signature on the reverse. In this same year, 1929, Drew had been arrested as a suspect in the the murder of tobacconist, Alfred Oliver. With the original envelope in which the card was returned addressed to Bray in Drew's hand. Note: I don't yet know the connection of Bonar Law with the Company.