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25/11/2011 09:42:49

Churchill’s wartime letter to the NFU goes up for auction



A typed letter signed by Britain’s wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill is expected to fetch up to £600 when it goes under the hammer at a leading Shropshire fine art auction house on December 7.





The letter, dated 14th October, 1940 and addressed to the President of the National Farmers’ Union, Bedford Square WC 1, refers to agricultural price levels, food production and the impact of the Second World War.

It states: "I need not tell you that the food production of our country is, at this hour of supreme crisis, one of the vital factors in our ability to resist and overcome a formidable enemy…"

Each page of the three-piece letter is mounted with the Prime Minister’s crest and address. Although the envelope is dated 17th September, a month prior to the date of the letter, experts at Halls believe it to be a mistake in the franking office on the day.

The letter has been consigned to Halls’ 585-lot Christmas collective auction at the Welsh Bridge saleroom in Shrewsbury, which also includes an album of signatures, valued a up to £500.

For more information about the auction, contact Halls on Tel: 01743 284777. The Welsh Bridge saleroom will be open for viewing on Monday, December 5 from 9.30am to 8pm, Tuesday rpm 9.30am to 4.30pm and on the morning of the auction, which starts at 11am.





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