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Christmas card from the Gairsoppa

The Postal Museum1940

The Postal Museum

The Postal Museum
London, United Kingdom

An Christmas card from 1940, found in the wreck of the SS Gairsoppa in 2011.

This lovely Christmas card has an illustration of a couple by a river encircled in red with the message ‘Wishing you all Happiness and the Best of Everything.’ Inside, the message continues: ‘A very Happy Christmas, There’s magic in the Greeting, Tho’ hand and Heart be wide apart, Old Friends in thought are meeting.’

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  • Title: Christmas card from the Gairsoppa
  • Creator: The Postal Museum
  • Date Created: 1940
  • Rights: The Postal Museum
The Postal Museum

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