Found This Old Letter

I was rooting around tonight and came across this. When I was a young man I worked for a excavating company that would demolish anything on a property to be excavated for something new. At any rate, we were tearing down an old abandoned house when I found this letter hidden in the rafters. This is probably the 2nd of 3rd time the letter has been removed from the envelope, I have never unfolded it. Too bad the stamp is so close to the corner of the envelope. Thought some of you may find it interesting,

What does the whole letter read? I like the back story as to how you came upon it though neat!

That's a nice find! I always like to have covers with the contents still intact. Amongst my favorite covers in my collection (in my main collection at home in the US) are 2 APO covers from the second world war sent from the GIs who used to be billeted in the houe I lived in during the early 80s to my Dutch landlord. One has a lette written shortly after the war from Berlin with photos of the destruction.

I couldn't resist unfolding and reading the letter! I am surprised that you have been able to hold off. The cover is a nice single stamp/proper usage example, and I think it's great that the contents are still inside.

In case you are getting curious of the contents, the National (US) Postal Museum has an article on unfolding letters here: http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/stam...erving5.html

therealwesty,

Thanks for the link. I gave it a quick look, printed out the four page document, I'll read it later then decide. I have held off all these years because I was afraid of destroying it. But now my curiosity is peaked. If I do unfold it, I will post it.

Old mail is not in my realm of interests but when I found it I took it directly to my truck to protect it. That was 40 years ago. Thanks Again!