Only two lines long and dashed off with a typically witty flourish , the scribbled note scarcely amounts to a hard day ’ s work . But even a hastily scribbled postcard can become a valuable artefact when written by Sir Paul McCartney . The greeting , sent by the Beatles star from his farmhouse on the Mull of Kintyre , fetched almost £1,000 at auction earlier this week . This postcard , featuring a Scotty dog with a tartan border and the message 'Should auld acquaintance be forgot ? ' was sent by Paul McCartney from his farmhouse on the Mull of Kintyre . Posted to his London housekeeper Rose , the brief handwritten message read : 'With love from the “ four Macs ” . Now on tour in Scotland. ’ Sir Paul spent weeks at his bolthole with wife Linda and daughters Heather and Mary after the band split in 1970 . But he kept in touch with his London housekeeper , Rose Martin , sending a card featuring a Scotty dog , tartan , lucky white heather and the lyrics ‘ Should auld acquaintance be forgot ? ’ . A brief note on the back reads : ‘ With love from the “ four Macs ” . Now on tour in Scotland. ’ With a Campbeltown postmark and an upside-down stamp , it went under the hammer in Warrington , near the band ’ s native Liverpool , as part of a sale of Beatles memorabilia on Tuesday . Organiser Omega Auctions had valued it at between £250 and £350 – but it went for £950 . Auctioneer Paul Fairweather said : ‘ Such intimate , personal and unique things give Beatles and Paul McCartney collectors an insight into how life was for him back then , and very rarely come up for sale. ’ Sir Paul spent weeks at his bolthole with wife Linda ( pictured with him at the farmhouse ) and daughters Heather and Mary after the band split in 1970 . Sir Paul , now 72 , bought 600-acre High Park Farm on the Kintyre peninsula in 1966 at the height of The Beatles ’ success , while living with actress Jane Asher . He has said he was inspired to write The Beatles hit The Long And Winding Road by the estate ’ s ‘ wandering single-track roads and sense of solace ’ . After he married Linda Eastman in 1969 , the couple turned the modest farmhouse into a holiday retreat . When the band broke up , the McCartneys headed there to get away from the limelight . The couple later immortalised their love of the area in the hit song Mull Of Kintyre , which took their band Wings to the Christmas No 1 spot in 1977 . The most successful single of his solo career , it went on to sell 2.5 million copies . Sir Paul once said of the track : ‘ It was a love song , really , about how I enjoyed being there and imagining I was travelling away and wanting to get back . ’
A postcard printed by jack McCartney has been sold for £ 1,000 at auction . Message read : ' With love from the “ song ##some ” . Now on tour in Scotland . ’ rising star took it from his Kintyre farmhouse to his favourite ' Rose '