30: Martin Luther King Jr autographed portrait

30: Martin Luther King Jr autographed portraitEstimate: 4,000 5,000 A spectacular signed portrait of Martin Luther King Jr Georgia born preacher Martin Luther King Jr was the de facto leader of the American Civil Rights Movement. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, the Birmingham Campaign (1963) and the March on Washington (1963). It was in the nations capital he gave his iconic I Have a Dream speech. King was shot dead by a white supremacist in 1968. He continued to be a defining

Probably the most famous stamp issued during King George V’s reign is the 1935 Silver Jubilee 21⁄2d Prussian Blue

A superb used bottom margin vertical pair neatly cancelled by a pair of Guernsey circular date stamps and showing marginal ”Pillars”

He was backed in his efforts by Winston Churchill

Gandhi insisted on non-violent means to effect change

Muhammad Ali (1942 – 2016) was a three-time heavyweight boxing World Champion

behind Wing Commander Guy Gibson

giving it tremendous importance

A most unusual and vivid printing variety

Julian's childhood drawing of a classmate inspired John Lennon's song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Pete Doherty (1979-) is a notorious celebrity

Quality signatures from King are rare and increasingly in-demand

unmounted with full original gum