Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024
Lot 961
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £85
John Robert Freeman. Essex 1905-1928. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Freeman standing full length wearing cricket attire and Essex cap, leaning on a bat. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Freeman. Blind embossed stamp to lower edge for Nias of Brighton. Additional official stamp to verso for A.G. Spalding & Bros. of Brighton and Hove. Postally unused. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise a nice image in very good condition.
John Freeman was the older brother of ‘Tich’ Freeman who played for Kent and England.