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‘Safety on Board’ page from a British European Airways in-flight booklet, 9 x 6.5, signed beautifully in black ballpoint by the Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, who adds “The Beatles” above. The consignor notes that the autographs were signed for a stewardess onboard a flight between Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands on the morning of August 8, 1963. The Beatles had arrived in Jersey to perform two shows at the Springfield Ballroom on the 6th and 7th, and a day later, the group boarded a BEA plane and made the 30-mile journey to Guernsey to perform at Candie Gardens Auditorium. In fine condition, with paper loss to the side edges.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks, an example of a complete BEA in-flight booklet, and a letter of provenance from the brother of the original recipient: “This is to confirm that the autographs of The Beatles, illustrated below, are authentic. My sister Eileen worked as an air stewardess for British European Airways – BEA…between 1961 until 1970. When she joined BEA in 1961, she flew on the Vickers Viscount fleet, doing trips to France and the Channel Islands, and then later transferred to the Vanguard, which was used on the German routes. On 8th August 1963, Eileen flew The Beatles from Jersey to Guernsey in the Channel Islands…During the trip, she obtained The Beatles' autographs on a page from a BEA in-flight safety booklet and gave them to me.”
Remarkably, the Beatles were video-recorded at Jersey Airport on August 8, 1963. The footage, which shows the band boarding the plane on the runway, also features the stewardess who received the autographs; she can be seen walking behind the band up the boarding ramp to the aircraft. This rare Beatles footage can be viewed below.
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