"Amb. John Hay "Jock" Whitney's "Polo Player" c1930s Backgammon Set" (SOLD) Sir Alfred Munnings A very scarce

A very scarce

resplendent in army uniform and issued with a shiny revolver

for on May 31

w/ ex libris bookplate of Frederick Adolphus Philbrick who was 1 of the "Fathers of Philately

--Helen Josephy

"Amb. John Hay "Jock" Whitney's "Polo Player" c1930s Backgammon Set" (SOLD) Sir Alfred Munnings A very scarce15 Green 15 Cream Bakelite Chip Sz: 1 5 8"W x 1 2"D One Green "Doubling" Cube Sz: 1 1 4"Sq 28 1 2"W x 24 1 4"L Ex J. H. W. Collection Manhasset, LI, NY John Hay Whitney (August 17, 1904 February 8, 1982) was U. S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, and president of the Museum of Modern Art. He was a member of the Whitney family. Jock Whitney was also an outstanding polo player, with a four goal handicap, and it