Description
Object description
whole: the main image is positioned in the upper half, with two smaller images placed in the lower left and lower right.
The image in the lower right is held within a narrow black border. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in red and
blue. The main text is separate and located beneath the two smaller images, in black. Further text is integrated and positioned in the
upper half and lower left, also in black. All set against a white background.
image: the main image is a depiction of a form used by African soldiers and their relatives to write to each other. The lower left image is
a depiction of an envelope addressed to a soldier; a red cross has been placed in the upper right corner of the envelope to indicate that
no stamp has been used. The lower right image is a depiction of an African soldier collecting a letter from a post room.
text: ANDIKIA ASKARI KILA MWEZI
[the text of the form follows]
KARATASI YA ASKARI
ON ACTIVE SERVICE
Kwa
Lugha. Language.
Kunja Hapa
Askari! Andika barua yako hapa nyuma na anwani ya Jamaa yako hapa juu.
Andika Lugha yako katika nafasi upande wa kushoto hapa juu. Andika anwani yako mwenyewe kwa karatasi ya raia. Kunja karatasi na peleka kwa
Company Office.
Soldier. Write your letter on the back of this page and the address of your relative above. Write the language of the letter in the space
provided on the left above. Write your own address on the civilian's letter. Fold the letter and send it to the Company Office.
Kunya Hapa
KARATASI YA RAIA
EAST AFRICA COMMAND WELFARE.
FREE LETTER SCHEME
AFRICAN SERVICE
ZANZIBAR
Postage Paid.
KWA No.
RANK
NAME
COY.
UNIT
c/o A.P.O., EAST AFRICA COMMAND
Kunja Hapa
Mtu wa raia! Andika barua yako hapa nyuma na anwani ya askari hapa juu. Halafu kunja na peleka ndani ya Posta. Hutaki Bahasha wala Sitampu.
Karatasi hii itatumiwa bure tu. Hapana ruhusa kupeleka barua hii ila kwa Askari tu.
Civilian. Write your letter on the back and the address of the askari above. Then fold the paper and put it in the post. There is no need
for an envelope or a stamp. This letter can be sent post free. You must not send the letter to anyone other than a soldier.
Kunja Hapa
PS(EA) - 2962-8/44-5000
[the text on the envelope follows]
N3072 PTE. J. ALANGE
107. G.T. COY.
E.A.A.S.C.
TUMIA KARATASI YA ASKARI KAMA HII UKIANDIKA BARUA KWA ASKARI: ITAKWENDA BILA STAMPU.
USITUMIE BAHASHA YA RAIA BILA STAMPU: KWA SABABU ASKARI ATALAZIMISHWA KUTOA SENTI AROBAINI (40) AKIPATA BARUA YAKO.
3,500/11/44
Reproduced by 157 (E.A. and S.R.) Base Svy. Coy., E.A.E. Nov 1944, for E.W. from sketches supplied.
[Write to a soldier every month. Soldier's paper [letter]. On active service. Language. Fold here, Soldier! Write your letter on the back
and your family's address here at the top. Write your language here in the space at top left. Write your own address on the civilian's
paper [letter]. Fold the paper and send it to the Company Office. Fold here, Civilian! Write your letter on the back and the soldier's
address at the top. Then fold it and send it in the Post. You do not need an envelope or a stamp. This paper [letter] will be sent free of
charge. This letter is only allowed to be sent to a soldier, Civilian. Use a soldier's paper [letter] like this if you are writing a letter
to a soldier: it will go without a stamp. Do not use a civilian envelope without a stamp, because the soldier will have to pay 40 cents
when he gets your letter.]
Physical description
3,5000/11/44.
Part of a series of similar posters (see PST 15378 and PST 15379).
Produced by the British authorities in Africa.
Inscription
[translation of poster text]
Inscription
14
