IceMaiden wrote:This on the other hand looks real:
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But how do you tell if it really is genuine or not?
Are you thinking of the headed notepaper and the faded ink, Sixret? I agree that the letter looks genuine.sixret wrote:There are two obvious signs to prove it!
I didn't spot that!Daisy wrote:Does the date on the letter have any significance I wonder?
I think Tony just said it's unusual to see a signature on its own:Courtenay wrote:I remember Tony saying elsewhere that Enid almost always wrote "Love from Enid Blyton" when she signed a book — so if it says anything other than "love from", as this does, it's almost certainly a fake.
The letter shows that Enid Blyton didn't always write "Love from", as it says "Yours with best wishes".Tony Summerfield wrote:It is also very unusual to just have a signature as she normally put 'love from', but whilst the signature is well known and fairly easy to copy, that part isn't and it is very difficult to get it right.
Sadly, by 1964 Enid Blyton wasn't able to write "plenty more" books as she promises.