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1948(Sep 15) Plain env c/w letter to Washington Stamp News, Washington DC bearing 50pf Ovptd Berlin diagonally & tied partial Berlin Karow/65 [25 Sep] d/s The letter states “I am a stamp collector…..Being undernourished and without hope that the wretched food situation will improve I should like to barter my stamps for foodstuffs…..I beg you to put up the following advertisement three times running- Wanted connection with Stamp Collector willing to barter stamps for foodstuffs” …………..These were desperate times