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War Department Local Board postal card, Wythe County, Virginia, 1918

Subjects
Mail & CorrespondencePostmarks & CancelsWorld War I
Card type
Government postal card
Date
c. 1918 (White Border)
Front of War Department Local Board postal card, Wythe County, Virginia, 1918, Geo. Alexander Graff, VA, USA, c. 1918 postal card postcard
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Back of War Department Local Board postal card, Wythe County, Virginia, 1918, Geo. Alexander Graff, VA, USA, c. 1918 postal card postcard
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This is the official War Department postal card of the local draft board for Wythe County, Virginia, seated at Wytheville, printed with the notice "Official Business" and a $300 penalty for private use. Local boards like this one conducted Selective Service registration, classification, and exemption hearings for their districts during World War I. The card was postmarked at Wytheville, Va. on October 4, 1918, and carries a handwritten address to a Wytheville resident on its ruled lines.

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WAR DEPARTMENT LOCAL BOARD FOR Local Board for the County of Wythe, State of Va., Wytheville, Va. OFFICIAL BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE, $300 G3—5130 --- WAR DEPARTMENT LOCAL BOARD FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE. $300 c3-5130
PostmarkedWytheville, VA, October 4, 1918, 06:30
Addressed to
Geo. Alexander Graff

Wytheville, Va.

Postcard record

Postmarked, Wytheville, VA
SeriesG3-5130
ConditionFair
NotesGovernment-printed postal card (no stamp, no picture); handwritten address block on front; circular Wytheville, Va. postmark dated Oct 4, 1918 with a "1" in a shield killer; heavy overall toning, foxing and edge staining; small pencil "5-" notation at top center and faint vertical handwriting along the left edge. Postmark: WYTHEVILLE VA OCT 4 630AM 1918. WWI War Department Local Board (Wythe County, VA) postal card, Form 1005-PMGO Notice of Classification; machine flag cancel with '1918'. Heavy foxing/staining and toning; faint illegible handwriting along left edge.

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War Department Local Board postal card, Wythe County, Virginia, 1918, postcard, c. 1918. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/war-department-local-board-postal-card-wythe-county-virginia. Accessed October 22, 2026.