Original handwritten letter from Edward Boswell sent to Ilja Mikan, dated 8 March 1960. The letter was written two weeks before Boswell's death, so it is possible that the addressee read it when Boswell was no longer alive. The letter is written in English on two pages and includes the original envelope in which it was sent.

Edward Boswell (14 October 1899 - 22 March 1960) was a British composer,  international judge and president of the British Chess Problem Society from 1958 until 1960. He specialised mainly in selfmates.

Ilja Mikan (12 January 1911 - 12 April 1979) was a Czech composer. International Master of composition and judge for chess composition. He composed around 1200 problems, especially selfmates and three-movers in Bohemian school. He achieved 49.5 points in the FIDE Albums, won more than 215 awards, including 28 first and 47 other prizes. He was the editor of the problem section in the Czech chess magazines Sach, Ceskoslovensky sach and Sachove umeni, ran many chess columns and wrote many articles and books - Rychle vitezstvi (1947), 13 volumes of Gallery of Czechoslovak  composers (1965-75), Dobrodruzstvi 64 poli (collection of own problems, 1973) Ceske granaty 1898-1958 (works of Miroslav Havel, 1975). For many years he worked in the Czechoslovak chess organisation of composition chess and owned one of the most extensive chess libraries in Czechoslovakia.

Condition - Good to Very Good.