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TCG Letter #1553


From
G.B. Smith
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
10 September 1916
Type
Unknown
Transcript
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G.B. Smith writes asking Tolkien to send him a field postcard.Field postcards were used during World War One. They were preprinted postcards which the sender would delete (strike through) words, leaving only those which applied. Nothing else was to be written on them and if there were details other than the name of the sender/receiver, where they were posted, and the date, these postcards would be destroyed.[1] He notes that he has not heard from Christopher Wiseman but has had a letter from R.W. Reynolds.

1 Field postcards were used during World War One. They were preprinted postcards which the sender would delete (strike through) words, leaving only those which applied. Nothing else was to be written on them and if there were details other than the name of the sender/receiver, where they were posted, and the date, these postcards would be destroyed.
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