A collection of fan mail sent to Duncan Edwards of Manchester United and England, mostly handwritten letters and from the handwriting and content a y
£500 - £700
A collection of fan mail sent to Duncan Edwards of Manchester United and England, mostly handwritten letters and from the handwriting and content a youthful audience, often asking for autographs, sharing stories of watching Duncan play, requesting meetings, asking for football programmes, congratulating after victories and with letters received occasionally from overseas including Norway and Malta, nearly all still complete with original envelopes and various enclosures that the fan was hoping to have signed, also one Christmas card and one letter that had been addressed to Roger Byrne but must have been placed in Duncan's pigeon hole at Old Trafford; lot also including a typescript letter from a reporter from A Bola sports magazine in Portugal, being a request for an interview by way of a questionnaire, (qty) Lots 669 to 710 Provenance: The Molly Leech Collection. Fiancée to Duncan Edwards of Manchester United and England. Thence by family descent.