Original 1952 Handwritten Letter Confederate Stamps Georgia Genealogy Ephemera For Sale

ORIGINAL 1952 HANDWRITTEN FAMILY LETTER — GEORGIA / GENEALOGY / CONFEDERATE STAMPS
Offered is an original handwritten letter dated April 2, 1952, written by Leisla Short to her son, Emmett F. Short.
This is an authentic piece of mid-century Southern family correspondence consisting of five handwritten pages and the original addressed mailing envelope.
The letter contains a fascinating mixture of everyday family news and historical information. Among the subjects discussed are:
• Family and social news in the Shellman/Albany, Georgia area
• Genealogy research and an effort to trace family lineage back to the Revolutionary War
• The possibility of qualifying for the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
• A discussion of Confederate postage stamps and their potential collectible value
• Old homemade envelopes and other early postal material
• Names of people connected with the family and local community
• A reference to an Atlanta stamp collector, H. L. Morris, 1708 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, Georgia
• Leisla's search for stamps and postal material.The original envelope is included and bears the Shellman, Georgia postmark from April 1952 and the handwritten Albany, Georgia address.
Condition: Original vintage paper with normal age, folds, toning, handling wear and other signs of nearly 75 years of age. Please examine all photographs carefully, as the photographs are considered part of the description. The handwriting is legible in many areas but portions are difficult to decipher due to the writer's cursive style and age of the document.
This is an original historical document, not a reproduction or modern transcription.
A very interesting piece for collectors of vintage correspondence, Southern history, Georgia history, genealogy, postal history, philately, Confederate postal history, family archives and mid-century Americana.