Dame Margot Fonteyn

Typed letter signed on Royal Oak Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand letterhead, framed, dated 2 April, 1959 addressed to a Mr Cooper -

'I would like to thank you very much for your efforts in obtaining the magazines which I requested. I deeply appreciate your kind gesture on my behalf and do hope that you have not been inconvenienced too much. Sincerely" and signed 'Margot Fonteyn Arias'.

Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias (1919-1991) - English ballerina widely regarded as one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of all times. Danced with the Royal Ballet, eventually appointed Prima Ballerina Assoluta of the company by H M Queen Elizabeth II.