Name/Title
Envelope - Robert Milner Bear to Mom, Mrs. John L. Bear (Postmarked May. 26, 1944)Entry/Object ID
2024.289.106Description
Envelope - Robert Milner Bear to Mom, Mrs. John L. Bear (Postmarked May. 26, 1944)
Postmark on envelope reads: US Navy, May. 26, 1944 | AM
Envelope is an Air Mail envelope with an orange embossed Air Mail stamp worth 6¢. Stamp reads: US Postage via Air Mail in a circle around a single wing plane flying out of it. Under the plane it reads 6¢.
In lower left corner of envelope is a circle ink stamp reading: Passed by Naval Censor with the censor's initials inside the ink stamp circle.
Return Address:
Robert M. Bear, CM 3/c
2nd USN Const. Brigade
Unit 7
C/o Fleet P.O.
San Francisco, Calif.
Addressed to:
Mrs. John L. Bear
475 W. Hill St.
Wabash, Indiana
Letter is one page and written on only one side. There is an brown illustration in the bottom left corner of the page that shows a tropical scene with water, palm trees, and people rowing a native style canoe.
