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Alfred Dunhill retired in 1928 (he lived on until 1959) and the business was run by Herbert until his death in 1950. For many years Herbert lived in Monte Carlo and controlled the day-to-day running by letter, telegram and regular visitors from the London office. He became more and more out of touch with modern commercial practice in England, and when he died, the directors, particularly my uncle Alfred Henry Dunhill and my Aunt Mary, were soon able to make changes to improve the running of the company.</q> Richard Dunhill - Forewords of Balfour, Michael. Alfred Dunhill, One Hundred Years and More (Weidenfield and Nicolson, London, 1992).</blockquote> | Alfred Dunhill retired in 1928 (he lived on until 1959) and the business was run by Herbert until his death in 1950. For many years Herbert lived in Monte Carlo and controlled the day-to-day running by letter, telegram and regular visitors from the London office. He became more and more out of touch with modern commercial practice in England, and when he died, the directors, particularly my uncle Alfred Henry Dunhill and my Aunt Mary, were soon able to make changes to improve the running of the company.</q> Richard Dunhill - Forewords of Balfour, Michael. Alfred Dunhill, One Hundred Years and More (Weidenfield and Nicolson, London, 1992).</blockquote> | ||
As an example of Herbert’s passionate attention to detail, I reproduce the following memorandum, dated 16 September 1945, from Herbert Dunhill to the chairman, Alfred H, Dunhill. It goes without saying that Herbert was a philatelist par excellence: | |||
<blockquote>[[File:Aspas-copy.png|40px]]'''Re:''' Stamping of Letters Since I last wrote about the stamping of our overseas letters, the carelessness in stamping has not however lessened. It has become worse and more consistently bad. My rules in past years were that stamps must be level and at least a quarter-inch from the edge, the same distance top and sides. If the stamps were of different colours they should have a slight space between them; if the same they should be placed so that they appear to be from one sheet, even if really not. Care should be taken, if several stamps are used, to choose stamps of colours that look pleasant when placed together. Please have my methods carried out in the future.[[File:Aspas.png|40px]] Herbert E. Dunhill.</blockquote> | |||
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