Description
BENJAMIN DISRAELI, LORD BEACONSFIELD Autograph Letter Cover Signed.
British Conservative statesman and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868 and 1874-1880).
Autograph Letter Cover (Envelope) Signed. Royal seal embossed on verso. Postmarked London Official 14th May 1979. Addressed and signed in Disraeli's hand "The Treasurer, Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, Lincoln's Inn, W.C. Beaconsfield".
Approx 13 x 8.5 cms. Near fine.
Signed whilst Prime Minister. Disraeli's signature as "Beaconsfield" is relatively uncommon, as he was enobled as the Earl of Beaconsfield by an admiring Queen Victoria in 1876, five years prior to his death in 1881.
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