Paul McCartney – 1p Typed Letter Signed (TLS), 17 June 1975, on McCARTNEY PRODUCTIONS LIMITED letterhead, addressed to Bankers, N. M. Rothschild & Sons Ltd, Rothschild House, Whitgift Centre, Croydon.

Signed once in ink over the typed name “J Paul McCartney.”

The letter concerns McCartney’s US Dollar account maintained through his New York lawyers Eastman & Eastman, confirming compliance with the terms of a 1972 Bank of England authority during the period 1 June 1974 – 8 January 1975, when the account was closed.

Context: This correspondence sits within McCartney’s mid‑1970s financial structure, in which McCartney Productions Ltd handled UK corporate affairs, while his US legal and financial interests were administered through Eastman & Eastman, the family firm of his wife Linda McCartney (née Eastman). The practice was led by her father Lee Eastman and her brother John Eastman, both of whom played central roles in managing McCartney’s publishing, royalties, and US‑based corporate arrangements. Rothschild, meanwhile, oversaw the UK side of his foreign‑currency permissions under Bank of England authority. Surviving examples of formal business letters linking McCartney, Rothschild, and the Eastman family are notably scarce.

A well‑preserved example of McCartney’s post‑Beatles business documentation, illustrating the documented financial relationship between McCartney, Rothschild, and the Eastman family firm.

Note: This item came within the Bernard Sullivan collection of autographs (see provenance below), but this isn’t a ‘signed in person’ item like ALL his other autographs. So, I’m not sure how Sullivan came to have this.

Provenance: 

From a large collection of Autographs (c500 +) in two albums that were personally obtained by Mr Bernard Sullivan (Apr 1920 – Feb 2017), renowned Senior Toastmaster for the Society of London Toastmasters.

Over his long distinguished career, he worked with many people from around the world including Royalty, Heads of States, Archbishops, HM Judges, Stars of Stage and Screen , Politicians and Sportsmen, many becoming like old friends. During his 58 years as a Toastmaster, he gradually built up a large, impressive collection of autographs, which were all personally collected by him. He cherished them and proudly showed them off to friends and family.  

Sullivan would use whatever was available to hand to get his autograph. This may be a menu, a business card, a scrap from his notes, a page from a programme, a ticket to the event, etc.

Paul McCartney (b 1942), British musician and co‑founder of The Beatles; director of McCartney Productions Ltd in the 1970s, overseeing his post‑Beatles corporate, publishing, and financial affairs.

Lee Eastman (1910–1991), New York entertainment lawyer and father of Linda McCartney; co‑founder of Eastman & Eastman, the firm managing McCartney’s US legal, financial, and publishing interests.

John Eastman (1939–2022), New York attorney and brother of Linda McCartney; partner at Eastman & Eastman and principal adviser to Paul McCartney on US corporate, royalty, and rights matters.

N. M. Rothschild & Sons London merchant bank (est. 1811) handling foreign‑currency and investment accounts; administered McCartney’s UK‑side permissions for his US Dollar account under Bank of England authority.