IN OCTOBER OF 1962, PARLOPHONE RECORDS PRODUCED A SMALL QUANTITY OF PROMOTIONAL PHOTO CARDS WITH PICTURES TAKEN WHILE THE BEATLES WERE IN THE STUDIO. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, PARLOPHONE ISSUED A SECOND, AND FINAL CARD THAT WAS INTRODUCED IN MARCH OF 1963, WITH A SHOT TAKEN BY PHOTOGRAPHER ANGUS MCBEAN, AND PRODUCED IN TWO SIZES, 5¾" X 3½" AND THE MUCH RARER LARGER FORMAT MEASURING 7½" X 5".

ACCORDING TO HIGHLY RESPECTED BEATLES AUTOGRAPH PREMIER EXPERT FRANK CAIAZZO: "PROMOTIONAL CARDS CONTAINING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BEATLES WHICH WERE PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PARLOPHONE RECORDS OR THE BEATLES THEMSELVES WERE OFTEN SIGNED BY THE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE GROUP AND GIVEN AWAY IN SMALL QUANTITIES. NOW THEY ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND VERY DESIRABLE, FOR VERY FEW HAVE ACTUALLY SURVIVED INTACT."

THIS SENSATIONAL AUTOGRAPH SET WAS SIGNED BY THE BEATLES ON THE FRONT PHOTO SIDE OF THE FINAL AND MUCH RARER OVERSIZED
7½" X 5" PARLOPHONE CARD. WHEN THE BEATLES DID SIGN THESE CARDS, THE MAJORITY WERE AUTOGRAPHED ON THE BLANK REVERSE SIDE, GIVING THEM MORE SPACE FOR THEM TO SIGN. ON THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE, JOHN LENNON, PAUL McCARTNEY, GEORGE HARRISON AND RINGO STARR HAVE EACH AUTOGRAPHED NEXT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE IMAGE IN VIBRANT BLUE BALLPOINT PEN. EACH SIGNATURE IS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL FORMED AND VERY BOLD. THE AREAS IN THE ACTUAL PHOTO WHERE PORTIONS OF PAUL AND RINGO’S SIGNATURES ARE SEEN, STAND OUT BEAUTIFULLY DESPITE BEING SIGNED ON A DARK AREA. THE SCANNED IMAGE DOES SOMEWHAT DISPLAY THIS ASPECT, YET IN PERSON, THE BRILLIANCE OF THE INK TRULY RADIATES AGAINST THE DARKER BACKGROUND.

THE CARD HAS BEEN VERY CARED FOR OVER THE YEARS, WITH MINOR SUPERFICIAL FLAWS BEING LIGHT NATURAL (MANUFACTURING) CREASING IN VARIOUS PLACES AND A SMALL LIGHT AGING MARK ON THE BOTTOM TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE.

THE AUTOGRAPHS WERE OBTAINED AT THE WINTER GARDENS, MARGATE, ENGLAND BETWEEN JULY 8TH AND 13TH 1963 WHEN THE BEATLES WERE PLAYING A SERIES OF CONCERTS AT THE VENUE IN THIS SEASIDE TOWN. THE AUTOGRAPHS COME WITH A BRIEF NOTE FROM THE NEPHEW OF THE RECIPIENT STATING THESE FACTS.

ACCOMPANIED BY LIFETIME LETTERS OF AUTHENTICITY FROM FRANK CAIAZZO AND FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES.