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Old Posted Jan 29, 2020, 5:44 PM
CityBoyDoug CityBoyDoug is offline
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality View Post
And here's another name new to NLA.


........................................................................DICKSHIRE



Here's the reverse showing 1938 postmark.



Here's the rub. The postmark has obscured the word before "Place".



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Joe is sending some soiled laundry home C.O.D. for his mom to wash....he'll give her some money for the postage when he gets home in a week.
Sending dirty laundry in the mail was common in those days. Moms were expected to wash their son's dirty laundry until he was married or had a housekeeper.

Last edited by CityBoyDoug; Jan 30, 2020 at 5:30 AM.
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