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  • Box 626 Nairobi

    Sorry I seem to be asking so many questions tonight - have been having one of of mt rummages! (Shhhhh).

    I have found an airmail letter dated 31.1.55 - and the sender's address is Box 626 Nairobi - I am told he founded a newspaper in Nairobi ( the Nairobi Free Press?)

    But why would he give his address in a letter to a close relative as a PO Box no ?
    Joan died in July 2020.

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    Simple, I think - there was no postal distribution service in Nairobi then. A friend emigrated to Nairobi in the late 60s and I still have her address in my book, as a PO box number.

    OC

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    • #3
      My aunt in rural Canada has a Box number. She goes to the local PO to collect her mail.
      Uncle John - Passed away March 2020

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      • #4
        Thanks OC & UJ - one mystery solved, methinks
        Joan died in July 2020.

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