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Letter – from Peter Richter Leipzig to Wal Jack, Peter Richter, 1958

Date
1958-02-02
Subject
Category
Author
Richter, Peter
Current holder
Link
Item number
8592
Access rights
Digitised
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1958
Description from source
Width: 209 millimetres, Height: 296 millimetres

Set of three letters, translation, newspaper image, and two tickets. Letters written on airmail lightweight paper. Includes an original envelope.

Wal Jack had an extensive range of correspondents throughout Australia and the world who often provided him with detailed drawings and notes on various tramway systems. This letter from a 20 year old person in Leipzig Gemany. Written in German, Wal had to find someone to translate it for him. Letters dated 2-2-1958, 2-5-1958 and 28-8-1958. Not known who did the translation. The person was seeking photos and tickets. Two tickets are punched. The image is of a 2-6-0 tank locomotive overturned at the foot of an embankment.
Physical format
Letters
Tickets
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