Letter 20, 13th October 1938
Dear Bailey,
The yak and the burrhab, sharing a stamp with an aeroplane!
Who’d ha’ thought it!
Mongolian airmail stamps.
What news of you?
Good hunting !
- Yours
- Yours
- L. A. Bethell
- L. A. Bethell
(Mongolian airmail stamps affixed, 25, 50 and 75 kopeks)
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Envelope – assumed to previous letter:
Post marked ‘London S.W.1, 8th August 1938’, then ‘Hampstead 8 th August 1938’
and then ‘Newton Butler, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh 11th August 38’ and with a
general ‘Empire Exhibition Glasgow’ over the stamp.
1½p stamp
Addressed to –
Colonel F. M. Bailey, C.I.E.
Travellers Club, Pall Mall, S.W.1 (crossed out)
then – Buck Inn, Buckden, Skipton, Yorks
then – Crom Castle, Newton Butler, N. Ireland
And noted – by Bailey in pencil
‘Ans 12/9’
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Letter 20, 13th October 1938
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Please note new number ––>
72, Hillfield Court,
Belsize Avenue,
N. W. 3
13 . X .
My dear Bailey,
Very glad to hear you are back, though distressed to hear that
you intend deserting us again for Norfolk. This old village of London has its
possibilities. I expect it will drag you back again, someday.
