Lot 127
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Description
Group of letters, mainly air mail entires, including 2 addressed to Major H. G. Christy whilst stationed in India, each with a 1943 Bletchley postmark, written by his future wife "Jonesie", and addressed from Box 111, Bletchley, 200 x 244mm, ; postcards and other letters addressed to Mrs Nancy Christy, mostly from her mother, Mrs Nancy Deneys, and a typed Diary of H. G. Christy's tour in South Africa and Southern Rhodesia under the auspices of the "S.E.T", January-April 1928, whilst still at Rugby School. It gives an account on a hunting expedition where he shot a Kudu, 232 x 184mm approx. . (a lot)
Notes: Major Hector Christy was the son of Gerald Christy, and served in India during the Second World War. Nancy Alice Priscilla Christy (née Deneys), "Jonesie", married Hector some time after the war. She served at Bletchley in the Second World War, from which she sent the 2 letters to Hector whilst he was in India. She grew up at the Bradwall House estate in Sandbach, Cheshire, where she received numerous correspondence from her mother, Mrs Nancy Deneys.
Condition: Various.
Category: Books, Maps & Manuscripts/Autographs & Manuscripts
Estimate: 50-80 GBP
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127. CHRISTY, HECTOR G. TYPED JOURNAL, AND CORRESPONDENCE.
Letters to Major H.G. Christy in India (1943 Bletchley postmark), postcards, and typed diary of South Africa tour.
Estimate
58 €(£50)–93 €(£80)
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Price checked 06/11/2026, 10:57:17
Lot ends in
19d 20h 40mLot Details
- Lot #
- 127
- Currency
- GBP
- Location
- Surrey, GB
- Lot Ends
- 26 Nov 2026, 11:00:00
- Auction Ends
- 26 Nov 2026, 23:59:00
- Lots in Auction
- 342
