Hand-addressed airmail envelope, 6.5 x 3.75, addressed in Hemingway's hand to "Miss Kaye Halle, 3001 Dent Place N.W., Washington, D.C.," marked "Personal," incorporating his signature in the return address area, "E. Hemingway, P.O. Box 555, Ketchum, Idaho." Postmarked at Ketchum, Idaho, February 25, 1961. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, a light vertical fold, a tear touching the "E," and archival mounting tape on the reverse. Hemingway killed himself in his Ketchum home mere months later on July 2, 1961.
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