I HAVE ALREADY HAD THIS ITEM INDEPENDENTLY EXAMINED AND AUTHENTICATED IN THE US BY PSA - THE BUYER WILL RECEIVE THE ORIGINAL AUTHENTICATION LETTER WITH THE PHOTO.
BOTH photo and authentication letter carry identical tamper-proof authenticator numbering: AM33809.
Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE (1932 – 2000) was the English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University, Kent,) and England between 1950 and 1975.
Colin "delighted crowds throughout the world with his style and elegance", and was the first cricketer to play 100 Test matches, celebrating the occasion with 104 against Australia in 1968.
In total, Colin played 114 Tests, making 7,624 runs at an average of 44.06, overtaking Wally Hammond as the most prolific Test batsman, and taking 120 catches as a fielder, breaking another Hammond record. Colin made 22 Test centuries (an England record until 2013) and was the first batsman to make centuries against the six other Test playing countries of his era.
Colin was awarded a CBE in 1972, knighted in 1992, ennobled in 1997, and posthumously inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009.
FROM MY PRIVATE COLLECTION HERE IS MY COPY OF THE JUNE 1959 ISSUE OF "WORLD SPORTS" WHICH FEATURED COLIN ON THE COVER AND IS SIGNED BY THE GREAT MAN HIMSELF.
The 63-page magazine is approx 7.5-inches by 10-inches, unopened.
The magazine is in mint condition.
The signature is permanent.
The signature is crystal clear, perfectly legible and completely free from any stains, smears, smudges or bleeding.
A superb addition to any sporting memorabilia collection.
As always - no nonsense - I GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS AND EVERY SIGNATURE IN MY COLLECTION FOR LIFE or your money back and I put that in writing too!