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Airmail and Telegram Included
Up for sale is an original WWII-era correspondence collection spanning 1942 through 1948, featuring letters sent by Cpl. L.R. Beach from Camp Lee, Virginia to New Mexico.
📌 Historical timeline documented in this lot:
1942–1943: Letters addressed to Fort Bayard, New Mexico
1943 onward: Correspondence shifts to Carlsbad, New Mexico
Continues through WWII into the post-war period
📦 Included in this collection:
Multiple air mail envelopes (red/blue bordered covers)
Original letters still inside many envelopes
Telegram(s) from 1948 and 1945
WWII-era stamps and postal markings
All tied to the same sender and recipient
📜 This is a continuous personal wartime archive, showing real communication from a U.S. Army Corporal during WWII, along with a documented location change on the home front.
Condition is consistent with age (creases, toning, edge wear), but overall well-preserved for the period.
Everything shown in photos is included.