ON SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1963, WHILE GEORGE, PAUL AND RINGO TRAVELLED TO ABERGAVENNY, WALES IN THE VAN WITH ROAD MANAGER NEIL ASPINALL, JOHN STAYED ON IN LONDON TO TAPE AN APPEARANCE ON THE BBC TELEVISION SHOW 'JUKE BOX JURY', AN EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR PROGRAMME AT THIS TIME, IN WHICH SINGLES CAME UP FOR "HIT" OR "MISS" JUDGMENT, SIGNIFIED, RESPECTIVELY, BY EITHER THE RINGING OF A BELL OR THE SOUNDING OF A KLAXON. TYPICALLY, JOHN'S APPEARANCE CAUSED SOMETHING OF A STIR, IN THAT HE OPENLY STATED NEGATIVE VIEWS OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE DISCS UP FOR REVIEW, WHEREAS PANEL MEMBERS CUSTOMARILY COUCHED ANY SUCH COMMENTS IN QUASI-POSITIVE, NON-OFFENSIVE TERMS. THE 'JUKE BOX JURY' SESSION KEPT JOHN IN LONDON UNTIL WELL INTO THE EVENING, AND WAS IMMEDIATELY DRIVEN TO BATTERSEA HELIPORT FROM WHERE HE FLEW TO WALES IN A HELICOPTER ESPECIALLY CHARTERED BY MANAGER BRIAN EPSTEIN AT THE COST OF £100. THEY TOUCHED DOWN AT THE PENYPOUND FOOTBALL GROUND IN ABERGAVENNY AT 9:50PM, JUST IN TIME FOR THE £250 ENGAGEMENT AT THE TOWN HALL BALLROOM. THIS WAS THE BEATLES' ONLY CONCERT IN ABERGAVENNY. THAT NIGHT THEY STAYED IN THE TOWN'S ANGEL HOTEL.

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY OFFERS THIS ORIGINAL 3½" X 5¾" VALEX PHOTO POSTCARD (VERSION V.41) AUTOGRAPHED ON THE REVERSE ADDRESSING SIDE BY THE BEATLES AND MANAGER BRIAN EPSTEIN, SIGNED FOLLOWING THE GROUP'S PERFORMANCE HERE IN WALES AT THE TOWN HALL BALLROOM. AUTOGRAPH SETS INCLUDING BRIAN EPSTEIN RARELY SURFACE MAKING THIS VALEX PHOTO POSTCARD QUITE SPECIAL AND A TRUE RARITY OF SIGNED BEATLES MATERIAL.

GEORGE, PAUL, JOHN, RINGO AND MR. EPSTEIN HAVE SIGNED THE POSTCARD BOLDLY IN BLUE BALLPOINT PEN. THERE IS SOME MINOR LIGHT SPORADIC SKIPPING OF THE INK IN THE SIGNATURES OF PAUL AND RINGO THAT ARE OVERLY ACCENTUATED IN THE HIGH RESOLUTION SCANS AS SEEN HERE, BUT IN PERSON ARE BARELY NOTICEABLE AND NOT AS EXAGGERATED.

THE SIGNED PHOTO POSTCARD IS ACCOMPANIED BY A HAND WRITTEN LETTER OF PROVENANCE FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. PLUS COPIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN OF THE BEATLES WITH THE RECIPIENT AFTER THIS CONCERT AND COPIES OF PICTURES TAKEN FROM NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS SHOWING THE BEATLES BACKSTAGE WITH THE RECIPIENT, THE MAYOR OF ABERGAVENNY AND OTHERS.

THIS RARE VALEX PROMO POSTCARD AUTOGRAPH SET HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY FRAMED IN 2" BLACK WOOD AND MATTED IN A RICH AND LUXURIOUS "INDIGO" BLUE WITH THE SAME COLOR FLOORING. WITH OVERALL DIMENSIONS OF 17½"  X 14¼", THE FRONT DISPLAYS THE ACTUAL SIGNED SIDE OF THE POSTCARD AND WINDOWED IN BESIDE IS A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION 5" x 7" ENLARGEMENT OF THE PHOTO SIDE OF THE POSTCARD. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE SIGNED POSTCARD HAS BEEN RESPECTED AND IS FULLY EXPOSED WITHOUT MATTING CUTTING OFF THE EDGES. transparent photograph corner holders ARE UTILIZED to hold IT In place. THE BACK SIDE OF THE FRAME EXPOSES THE ACTUAL PHOTO SIDE OF THE SIGNED POSTCARD.

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