"World Record" chain letter. Kids (1986). No name list. Six copies. US, 2001.  

          Dear Britta,

        Australian children started this chain letter in 1986!  If it doesn't get
broken by December 2001, it will be put in the Guiness Book of World
Records!  So far no one has broken it. Copy this letter 6 times and send it
to friends or cousins.  Please send this to kids only, so that only kids do
the longest chain letter. You must mail this by post because the post office
 is keeping track of it.  Please write on front , "Post Office, this is the official
Guiness Book of World Records chain ," as I did.  You only have 4 days
to complete this or the chain will be broken.
         Remember this is no phony letter!! We are trying to break a world
record!

          P.S. This chain started in 1986 , so you don't want to be the first one
to break it !!

                                                   sincerely,    Jessica

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[Front of envelope, lower left, printed in four lines:]
"Post Office this is the official Guiness Book of World Records chain."
Stamped (Frida Kahlo commemorative)

Word Processor generated letter with large hand printed names. Lines of text preserved above. Message on lower left of envelope as above. No list of names on envelope or letter. Envelope postmarked in Lansing, Iowa on July 26, 2001.  Addressed to a female child in Lansing, Iowa. Return address a female in Lansing.  Sent by Maria Stahl to D. VanArsdale.

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