Description

Envelope embossed: “The White House/Washington” covered with Winston Churchill’s ink handwritten notes, referencing: “Ike,” “U.S. Britain,” “Conferences,” “China,” “ and more.

The envelope measures 4 x 5 inches and is in mint condition, with just a hint of a splatter of what we like to think is scotch near the right edge. It is museum matted and majestically framed with an original press photograph of Winston Churchill and President Dwight D. Eisenhower seated on the White House lawn, taken June 25, 1954.

This envelope was acquired from the estate of Sir John Colville (1915-1987), Winston Churchill’s Principal Private Secretary during the war, and after, right through Churchill’s second stint as Prime Minister. No one was closer to Churchill at work than Sir John Rupert Colville, familiarly known as “Jock.”