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1982 (May 17) Plain envelope registered in a very poor hand to Batallon Anteareo 9409 Isla Malbina (sic) bearing single Jose de San Martin 10,000p tied Ministro Ramos Mexia cds & with Registered label 8912, blue crayon deleting original address & Acchivo added & with black framed Al Remitente hand stamp ……………………………………………………………..
Ministro Ramos Mexia is a small growing town with a population of 583 (1991) growing to 973 (2010) It was fairly common for school girls to write to soldiers to give support but many of these were not well versed in the art of writing. The Falkands War commenced with the Argentine invasion on 2 April & ended 74 days later with the surrender of the Argentine forces on 14 June.