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A lost art?

            When I was a child, handwritten letters were commonplace, but I rarely see one now.  The letter in this image was written in 1832, folded and then sealed with red wax.  The envelope beneath it is not connected, but was posted in 1896.  These pieces of paper are links to real people from the 19th century.   Nowadays we even have to wonder whether communications we receive were actually written by a human being at all.  How times have changed.

For this week's Macro Mondays group theme, Paper.

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Taken on: February 3, 2024

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letter

vintage

19th century

envelope

postmark

1920s

stamp

Penny Lilac

Victorian

silver

dip pen

nib

tabletop

still life

macro

Macro Mondays

Paper

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Sets appears in: • Vintage items • Macro Mondays

Groups appears in: • Creative Tabletop Photography • MACRO MONDAYS more » • Sony Photographing. • Sony E-Mount Lenses - Official Tag Required • Sony A7 / A7R / A7S / A7II / A7RII / A7SII / A7III / A7RIII Comm • Sony E-mount Shot (ILCE Camera) • Team Sony • SONY A7M3 / ILCE-7M3 / A7III • CLOSE LOOK « less

Camera: Sony ILCE-7M3, f/7.1, 2.5 sec, 90mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7M3
Lens:	FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	2.5
Focal Length:	90mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	+1.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Other
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 25.4 (Macintosh)
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