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Lot 56
John Lennon: A Postcard From John Lennon To Derek Taylor, 1969,
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Fred Lawton
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John Lennon: A Postcard From John Lennon To Derek Taylor,
1969,
in blue and red ballpoint, reading, Dear Dennis Wow! and signed John + Yoko Julian + Kyoko, addressed Dennis Taylor 3, Savile Row London W.1. England, with a scribble, postmarked Tywyn 6-PM 23 JNE 1969 Merioneth, the front of the card with a photographic portrait of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales,
4 1/5in x 9 3/10in (10.6cm x 23.6cm)
in blue and red ballpoint, reading, Dear Dennis Wow! and signed John + Yoko Julian + Kyoko, addressed Dennis Taylor 3, Savile Row London W.1. England, with a scribble, postmarked Tywyn 6-PM 23 JNE 1969 Merioneth, the front of the card with a photographic portrait of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales,
4 1/5in x 9 3/10in (10.6cm x 23.6cm)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Property From The Collection Of The Late Derek Taylor.
Derek Taylor was a journalist, author, record producer but is probably best known as press officer for the Beatles. In early 1964, whilst working for the Daily Express newspaper and ghostwriting a column for George Harrison, Brian Epstein hired Derek as the Beatles' publicist. He accompanied them on their first US tour that summer.
He moved to the US in 1965, setting up his own PR company and, working with groups such as the Beach Boys and the Byrds, became highly successful. In early 1968 he retuned to England as press officer for the newly-formed Apple Corps. He left in late 1970, following the Beatles' break-up and went to work for WEA. After a few years he was back in the US, as a VP for Warner Bros. Records.
Things came full circle when, in the early 1990s, he re-joined Apple, working on the Anthology project, amongst others.
In June 1969, John and Yoko, together with their children Julian and Kyoko, paid a visit to Wales prior to a trip to Scotland. They stayed at the Corbett Arms Hotel in the seaside town of Tywyn. The card was issued to mark the forthcoming Investiture of the Prince of Wales on 1st July. John sent Ringo the same card, illustrated in Ringo's book Postcards From The Boys, Genesis Publications, 2004.