Another encrypted postcard
A coded postcard from 1910 poses a mystery. Can a reader decipher it?
My last article about a coded postcard was once again a complete success thanks to my readers – especially Armin Krauß, Tobias and Joachim. In addition to the plain text, we now also know the musical background of the notes depicted. In the next few days I will blog again about this card from Ohio.
A card from Minneappolis
Before that, however, today I want to discuss another encoded postcard that I found via search engine. This card was featured by a user named “gpeetee” on the History Forum website and dates from 1910. Unfortunately, I only have the text page. Here it is:
Quelle/Source: History Forum
The recipient is, as so often, an unmarried woman (Miss). I read her name as Elvira Huglseth. The surname does not come up on Google and must therefore be very rare. The sender may have been Elvira’s lover.
The card was postmarked in Gary, a village in western Minnesota. The recipient lived 400 kilometers away in Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota.
The message contains a few plain-text passages. One of them is upside down:
Quelle/Source: History Forum
The village of Beltrami is about 30 kilometers from Gary. Apparently, this is the sender’s address.
The message
The encoded message begins with 2EIT =T762. Does the first word read “DEAR” as on many other letters and cards?
The word TU6676+IDI- is also interesting. It has the letter pattern 12334356768. Unfortunately, the software CrypTool does not find a matching plaintext word for it.
Can any reader find a better approach to crack this cryptogram?
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