Wer knackt diese verschlüsselte Postkarte?

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1. #1 Joe

   Jena

   5. September 2014

   Hallo!

   So eine ähnliche Verschlüsselung gab’s hier glaub ich schon mal mit mathematischen Formeln.
   Auch hier sind die Vokale als Zahlen Ihrer Reihenfolge kodiert, allerdings immer als Exponent eines i oder einer 1.

   Die Schrift ist leider nicht 100%ig erkennbar. Ich komme zu folgender Transkription:

   d21&P2cm1 &2c23l3d
   yo6_PGo8t538d1y
   3#21&d8t2W1%t
   W18doW37q59
   o781t5&d1y73q#2
   3t&137 Fo&t#2
   Jo7c2%to7&1t5&d1y
   72q#t &3q1%d% Maud

   Mit wenig Phantasie und der erwähnter Einsetzung der Vokale wird daraus:

   dearPecma Receilid
   yo6_PGo8tuisday
   iheard8teWa%t
   Wa8doWi7qu9
   o7saturday7iqhe
   itrai7 For the
   Jo7ce%to7raturday
   7eqht riqa%d% Maud

   Eine Anrede und ein paar Wortfetzen (u.a. von Wochentagen) scheinen da schon erkennbar.
   Mal sehen, was noch raus kommt.

   Beste Grüße,
   Joe

   • #2 Klaus Schmeh

     5. September 2014

     Vielen Dank, das sieht schon ziemlich gut aus.

2. #3 Klaus Schmeh

   5. September 2014

   Das Wort oben rechts müsste “received” heißen.

3. #4 Delia Huegel

   5. September 2014

   I think the same Klaus, it has to be “received” and the very first word is probably “Dear”.

4. #5 Joe

   Jena

   5. September 2014

   Ja, das klingt plausibel. Vielleicht stehen die großen Buchstaben für Postkarte: Mit einigen Korrekturen bin ich im Moment bei Folgendem:

   dear Pecma received
   your P C (Post Card?) on tuesday
   i heard steWart
   Was do Vingu9
   on saturday night
   it rain For the
   dance %t on saturday
   night siga%d% Maud

   Bei dem Tanz (dance) bin ich mir auch nicht sicher. Die o’s in der Verschlüsselung sind meist auch o’s und das Zeichen davor kann ich nicht deuten.

   Das letzte Worte vor der Unterschrift könnte mit viel Phantasie “signed” heißen.

5. #6 Delia Huegel

   5. September 2014

   I don’t have the entire text, but this is what I got so far (I’ll use @ signs for what I did not understand):
   Dear @ec@a
   Received
   your @ ( I suppose “letter”) on Tuesday
   I heard Stewart was coming up
   on Saturday night
   ITRAIN (? by train) For the
   concert on Saturday
   night Regards Maud

   Thank you, Klaus, for these fun posts.

6. #7 Dario

   Italien

   5. September 2014

   Das Leserschaft von diesem Blog ist fantastisch.

   @Delia Huegel
   I agree with most of your transcription, but I think the meaning is: I cannot meet Stewart, who’s coming up on Saturday night, because… “I train for the Concert on Saturday night”, even if there is an empty space (after a raised dot?) after “I train”, and the “c” in “Concert” is different from the other c’s in the text (this is why I wrote it as a capital letter.)

   Also, it’s interesting how A,E,I,U are transliterated as I^1, I^2, I^3, I^5, while O has its own sign and O^5 means OU.

   I also agree with other commenters that she received a postcard on Tuesday, and she refers to it with the unencrypted abbreviation P.C.

   My first guess for the recipient’s name was “Tecla”, but there is no other “l” in the text to compare, and really the first letter looks like the unencrypted “P” in “P.C.”, so I wouldn’t bet on that…

   Bye
   Dario

7. #8 Delia Huegel

   5. September 2014

   Dario, it makes perfect sense what you are saying. I was blocked on the “train” as means of transportation.
   I was thinking of Tecla too, but it seems that the post card is sent to a Mr.
   The cipher is not entirely consistent through the message and there are mistakes too. The second Saturday is encrypted Raturday. 🙂
   Regards 🙂
   Delia

8. #9 Joe

   Jena

   5. September 2014

   @Dario: Nice catch with the “training”.

   But maybe she is training (hard), because Stewart is coming to the concert, that she’s performing at.
   Saturday night sounds more like concert time 😉

   I couldn’t find any name, which starts with Pec.. May be it’s a special nick name?

   So the final decription would be:

   Dear Pec?a!
   Received
   your P C (Post Card) on Tuesday.
   I heard Stewart
   was coming up
   on Saturday night.
   I train for the
   concert on Saturday
   night. Regards Maud

9. #10 Wemheuer

   5. September 2014

   Wurde hier die früheste Variante von Leet-Speak gefunden? 😀
   scnr

10. #11 Dario

    Italien

    5. September 2014

    We know that the recipient was Mr. H. Gollan jr.
    From the Australian Postal History website we learn that his first name was probably Hector. His nickname might have been “Hecta” if we accept variant forms for a capital “H” and a “t”. If we don’t accept these, and I don’t, we are left with a capital “P” and a letter which appears nowhere else, i.e., one of b j k l q x z .
    “Pecba” and the like seem improbable… Maybe Hector, a teenager at the time, was called “Pecka” by his friend Maud, and I hope it was not as bad as it sounds to our modern ears.

    Klaus, if the address given in the Contact link at the APH site doesn’t work, have you tried the address in the Registry database entry for the domain? It ought to belong to the same person and it might work…

    Grüße
    Dario

    • #12 Klaus Schmeh

      5. September 2014

      >have you tried the address in the Registry database
      Good idea, but I could not find any at whois.com.

11. #13 Klaus Schmeh

    5. September 2014

    @ Dario, Delia, Joe:
    Many thanks for your efforts. The postcard is almost completely solved, with only a few minor gaps. You all did a great job! I am proud to have you as readers.

12. #14 Dario

    Italien

    5. September 2014

    >>have you tried the address in the Registry database
    > Good idea, but I could not find any at whois.com.
    Try who.godaddy.com

    • #15 Klaus Schmeh

      5. September 2014

      Thanks for the hint. I found another e-mail address and sent him a note.