My personal opinion is that the letter and the signature were not signed by the same person. My guess without having ever owned one myslef or having these in person (going PURELY off the scans) and given the similar dates of the letter/card is that the letter was dictated to a third party (wife or something) and secretarially written. Once again, just my impression from looking at three total examples, but the ball and the signature look very similar in letter formation and slant despite the 30 year gap and neither looks anything like the letter.
Just my opinion from a VERY small sample size.
Rhys
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