HOLLAND
Writing & Everyday abbreviation · Mail and Postal
| Stands for | Hope our love lasts and never dies |
|---|---|
| Categories | Writing & Everyday |
HOLLAND stands for Hope our love lasts and never dies, a mail and postal abbreviation.
Belongs to the playful acronyms written on the envelopes of love letters, notably during the Second World War, alongside SWALK and ITALY.
Example: The soldier wrote HOLLAND beneath the address on every letter he sent home.
Usage notes
These backronyms reused country names, turning ordinary words into romantic codes, and some lists give the variant "hope our love lives and never dies." Collectors of wartime letters and postcards often find them scrawled on envelope flaps. They are documented in histories of letter writing as part of the same tradition as SWAK and SWALK.
Related abbreviations
More mail and postal abbreviations
- DPO – Diplomatic Post Office
- EMS – Express Mail Service
- FAO – For the attention of
- FCM – First-Class Mail
- FPO – Fleet Post Office
- HC – Highway contract route
- IMb – Intelligent Mail barcode
- IRC – International Reply Coupon
- ITALY – I trust and love you
- NCOA – National Change of Address
- P&P – Postage and packing
- PMB – Private mailbox