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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Caroline Davies

Letter lost in 1916 delivered in London more than 100 years later

The envelope, which has a Bath postmark and a George V stamp.
The envelope, which has a Bath postmark and a George V stamp. Photograph: Finlay Glen

A letter lost in the post in 1916 was finally delivered to a London address more than a century after being sent from Bath.

Bearing a penny George V stamp and Bath and Sydenham postmarks, it dropped through the letterbox of theatre director Finlay Glen’s Crystal Palace flat in 2021.

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