A 5 x 4 slip of paper boldly signed by Stanley Baker (1928 - 1976), the Welsh actor who came to prominence in the 1950s, usually cast as a villain. In 1961 he turned down the role of James Bond in a planned series of films about a special agent with a 'licence to kill', as he was unwilling to commit to a three-picture deal! Instead, he formed his own production company and made such movies as Zulu (1964), Robbery (1967) and The Italian Job (1968). A close friend and drinking companion of another Welsh actor, Richard Burton, he was also a lifelong heavy smoker, and died in 1976 from pneumonia following surgery for lung cancer in Málaga, Spain, aged 48. Earlier that year he had been  awarded a knighthood in Harold Wilson's controversial resignation list of honours, known as The Lavender List, although he did not live long enough to be invested in person at Buckingham Palace.