V-Mail (Writing Kit With Ink, Etc)

[OCArt]

Both Sheaffer and Parker made special black ink that could be microfilmed well for use in V-mail. Below is an ad for a V-mail kit you could send to your loved ones in the service while still in the States.

 

At the end of this post are interesting links to more V-mail information.

 

link for above http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=181794&img=1&pg=1

 

Link for above text

http://postalmuseum.si.edu/collections/object-spotlight/v-mail-service.html

 

A nice slide show on V-mail

http://postalmuseum.si.edu/VictoryMail/operating/flipbook_flash.html

 

Why and how used

http://postalmuseum.si.edu/VictoryMail/introducing/resizing.html

 

one more page of info

http://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/past/the-art-of-cards-and-letters/mail-call/v-mail.html

 

 

[PS104]

A great slide show. I didn't know the whole process was so elaborate. I thought it was just thin paper with black ink. A shame they don't make the ink anymore. It sure made Sheaffer come to the forefront. Did anyone else make it?

[OCArt]

Yes, Parker made a V-mail Quink. Noodlers is currently offering a couple of inks called Vmail but they are not the correct color to actually work with the microfilm in use in the 1940's.