Antique Rare Early 1906 Newbury Horse Racing Programme Royal Navy A. C. Fawssett
August 16, 2023
ANOTHER RARE ITEM FROM MY ANTIQUECOLLECTION2020. OFFERED TODAY IS THIS VERY RARE 1906 NEWBURY RACECOURSE COLOUR PRINT RACE PROGRAMME. NEWBURY RACECOURSE WAS FOUNDED IN 1905 SO THIS IS A VERY RARE ITEM INDEED. OWNED BY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ARTHUR CHARLES FAWSETT D. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR ITS AGE! NOW PRICED TO SELL! Offered for sale today is this important historical Newbury racecourse racing programme. Found in a collection of personal family history papers from the late Arthur Charles Fawsett who was in the Royal Navy and was awarded the D. O for heroic action during World war 1. This is just a snippet of his life where on the reverse of the programme he has written’On leave from HMS Good Hope who was refitting at Portsmouth after grounding at Plymouth’ followed by a list of people that he went with. The programme is in very good condition considering its age. It has a colour front with a picture of a horse and rider and is dated to 1906. All staples are present. Light foxing in places and edge bumps etc as you would expect to find on a piece of ephemera of this age. The programme measures 140mm across by 143mm in length. A REAL PIECE OF HORSERACING HISTORY. There is NO exception. I have described all of my items to the best of my knowledge. You may only return an item if there was a mistake made by me in the description of the item that I have overlooked.