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 A couple of question: Why a postage due . On the back is written "Garde bouvert"in the same handwriting as the address. David(DJD) |
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Scan of "Due" marking.  Why would a soldiers letter have a "Postage Due"  David(DJD) |
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Another question why the "due" note,
This seems to be sent by the Chaplain.
Does "15 Ny" represent the Unit ?
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I must be posting at the wrong times, No replies to these questions.
I will try again on the weekend.
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My French is not that great, but doesn't it say "garde l'ouvert" what I would translate as: keep it opened. But I could be wrong about that... |
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Jan-Simon
You are probably right.
Although the envelope was sealed originally.
I thought it may have a "Religious" meaning due to the letter being posted by a chaplain to a Minister.
Thank you
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help
Is this question in the right place.
I would have thought someone would have an opinion.
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Do you have the letter that goes with the cover, or just the cover?
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Just found the sender
George Edward Post.
This site contains information on the life and botanical activities of a pioneerscientist of the Middle East, George Edward Post (1838-1909). Trained as a surgeon, dentist and cleric, Post served as a Union Chaplain in the American Civil war and went to Syria as a missionary in 1863. A few years later he moved to the Syrian Protestant College (the present American University of Beirut) as one of the founders of the medical school. In addition to contributions in archeology, architecture, botany, medicine and natural history, Post authored one of the earliest floras of the Middle East in both Arabic and English. The red poppy, Papaver postii, is one of several plants named after Post. It is native to Turkey, Syria and Cyprus.
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still looking for the answers to the original questions,
Why would this letter command a "Due".
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Another interesting note:
The recipients of this Cover were W.G.Webster
the Rev Chauncey Goodrich was a collaborator on the Ist edition of the "Websters Dictionary"
I spent hours going through the histories of messrs
Post, Webster, Goodrich.
This is what it is all about.
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David I would surely answer you if I knew the answers but im sorry I don't I posted some old ww2 pictures and covers and nobody said anything either but don't get discouraged |
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Posted 08/05/2009 11:14 pm
