Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024

Lot 207
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £360
Sir Neville Cardus, cricket writer and journalist 1888-1975. Neville Cardus’s original blue passport with name to cover ‘Sir Neville Cardus C.B.E.’, passport number, name to first page, photograph and ink signature of Cardus with personal details ‘Profession- Writer and Music Critic’, date and place of birth etc, list of countries which the passport is valid, renewal dates etc. The passport was issued in 1964 and renewed in 1969 and was valid until 1974. Stamps for foreign exchange dated for 1969. Cardus died in February 1975 aged 86.

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