Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John

Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John

He thanks them for the parcel with a pipe and other stuff.

1943-10-24

One double sided printed card with handwritten annotations

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RAF

Kriegsgefangenenpost

Postkarte

[rubber stamp]

An Mr Mrs Taplin
12 Whitesmead Rd
Empfangsort: Stevenage
Straße: Herts
Land: England
Landesteil (Provinz usw.)

[rubber stamp]

Gebührenfreil

Absender:
Vor- und Zuname: F/Sgt Taplin
Gefangenennummer: 2793
Lager-Bezeichnung: [deleted] M. -Stammlager [/deleted] [inserted] LUFT III [/inserted] [inserted] ( [/inserted] VIII B [inserted] ) [/inserted]
Deutschland (Allemagne)

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Kriegsgefangenenlager Datum: 24 Oct 1943

Dear Folks, thanks for a wizard parcel pipe etc. everthing was appreciated. Thank Douglas Taplin for the letter I have recieived. [sic] Recieved [sic] photo of Jean, & very good too. Have written to girl in Office. Am keeping very well. Nice weather. Regards to all. Love always John xxxxxx

[underlined] MERRY XMAS [/underlined] ??