Post Office telegram, 1961
- maker:
- General Post Office
Post Office Telegram, Aberdeen to Glasgow, 17 August 1961: ‘Father is dead come’, printed by the General Post Office, Whitchurch, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1956
Details
- Category:
- Telecommunications
- Object Number:
- 2014-463
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- type:
- telegram
- copyright:
- Science Museum Group
- credit:
- Donated by Anna McKessock
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