Flea Market Love Letters

Hello and welcome back to the halfway point of the 2021 "Writing Through the Decades" Vintage Letter Writing Guide blog series. Today...

Dearest Ranny: (Hubby) Received your 2 wonderful letters today. I thought that I would never hear from you again. Also received your...

Hello Brother How is every thing, I suppose there all through with there Battles you know what they call Sham ain’t it. Say how come you...

My Dear Son: I hope you are feeling well. Joey received your lovely letter and he was glad to hear from you. Harry’s mother- sister went...

Dearest Darling: At last I received a letter and card from you. It seems like old times again. I was happier than ever to receive them....

Dear Mom: Received 3 letters from you this week. I was very glad to get them. Of course you haven’t received any mail from me for a week....

Dearest Ranny: Just dropping you a few lines to let you know that I’m still living. I haven’t heard from you for a whole week now. Don’t...

Hello Brother Well I got your letter today and also the pictures. I was glad to hear you was out of the hospital. Say what did they do...

Hello Ralph Well I guess you have heard that I had another furlough. We were out in the woods when they started furloughs again. It came...

Recently at Flea Market H.Q. I've been researching and writing about all things Philately. In digging through the archives I've found...

Hello Ranny, Do I remember you, I sure do; can’t forget Ranny the jitter-bug? Just think Ranny in Texas, a mean and beautiful girl just...

Dear Ralph, We trust that you are doing fine + soon to be promoted. Every one here is well and the little ones are so darling. Just...

Dearest Ralph: Your dear letter was received few days ago and we want you to know that Joe, Shirley and I were very happy to get it. So...

To you, because you’ve always been so dear in countless ways this brings love and best wishes for a year of happy days (signed) Best...

Dear Ralph, I heard that you have been in the hospital, you’re mother was telling me. I do hope your fine now. I was talking to your...

Hello Ranny: I’m sorry to answer this late but they’ve been working the hell out of us. Well now to talk about the G.F. Elmber is a damn...

It was a few weeks ago on Twitter when I saw that a fellow letter lover, Liz Kentish, had sent Dinah (founder of The Handwritten Letter...

Hello Brother Joe: Glad to get a little card from you. I was hoping you wrote to me. How about sending me one of your pictures we have...

Dear Ranny: Received your letter and was glad to hear from you. But I was so sorry to hear you were sick. Your mother called me up the...

Hi Ranny: Give me some skin boy. Say I was sure glad to hear from you. You seem to be going pretty good with this army. But how the hell...