February 2013 Auction Ends Thursday, February 28th, 5pm Pacific

Lot #351:

Winston Churchill 1955 Typed Letter Signed ''...I am honoured that you should wish to award an annual prize for Spoken English to be called the Churchill Prize...''

Winston Churchill typed letter signed. Dated July 1955, the year of his retirement as British Prime Minister, Churchill writes on Chartwell, Westerham, Kent stationery: ''...I hope this...will...encourage among the boys a high enjoyment of our English language...If you wish, I would be pleased to sign the first prize to be presented, but I could not undertake to do this annually...Winston Churchill''. Mounted to a pliable paper board. Toning, faint creasing and a miniscule tear to the right lower edge. Measures 7.25'' x 9''. Very good condition.