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The Postmaster’s Order Regulating How Soldiers Got Packages

October 29, 2013

A reader came to my rescue with an explanation of the stamp in September, and I’ve just gotten around to exploring the reader’s comment in more detail. … More The Postmaster’s Order Regulating How Soldiers Got Packages

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A Few Words about V-mail, a Precursor to Today’s Email

February 3, 2012

The National Postal Museum website says a roll of the film containing about 1,700 messages weighed 5.5 ounces. … More A Few Words about V-mail, a Precursor to Today’s Email

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How Does a Mother’s Letter Get from Mount Kisco to North Africa?

January 26, 2012

I have been interested in how a letter from a mother in a small upstate New York village can find its way across the ocean and land on the lap of her son in a camp in North Africa or some other theater of war. … More How Does a Mother’s Letter Get from Mount Kisco to North Africa?

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Letters from an Everyman in WWII Frank D. "Babe" Mauro Born, Oct. 9, 1924 Died, May 4, 1945

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