Robert to Lydia 16 Feb 1945

Mon. Feb. 5[1]

Dear Lyd

Of your four letters[2] mailed Jan 20 only one has arrived at this time. I presume it is the air-mail Vmail one since it should make the leg from L.A .to N.Y. in a shorter time than regular Vmail. The test cannot be considered defective because you had to use my old A.P.O. number which means the mail might be side tracked & pigeon–hold before reaching me. Even so 15 days isn't too bad time. I'm still waiting one Christmas package that I know is in the mail, but I didn't know whether the word should be plural. The compass from you & Aunt Beth is the only Christmas thing I have gotten. I must have written my last letter before the one of your account of Xmas at home came, I can't remember commenting on it – it was swell

Bob

---

[1] The postmark is Feb 16 and I am using this date for this month’s 16^th posting.

[2] Lydia mention elsewhere that she is conducting an experiment on the speed of different mail classes.

Quarter added for scale