パリへの船便

パリの田根さんに4月に送った郵便が丁寧に往復３ヶ月の旅を終えて戻ってきた。送った後に引っ越したのだろう。宛先見つからずというシールが貼られている。当時ヨーロッパは航空便なし船便のみ。南米は受付停止、北米は航空便があったが届くのに２ヶ月かかった。この船便はそう考えると結構早いかもしれない。結構綺麗な姿で戻ってきた。

In April, the mail I sent to Mr. Tane in Paris came back to me after a three-month round trip. She must have moved out of the atelier after sending it. A sticker saying “address not found” was affixed to it. At that time, Europe had no airmail, only seamail. South America was closed, and North America had air mail, but it took two months to reach. This shipping service may be quite quick considering that. It came back in pretty good shape.

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