Article 68Y9V Letter lost in 1916 delivered in London more than 100 years later

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

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Caroline Davies
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Royal Mail uncertain what happened' to delayed letter from Bath, which arrived in Crystal Palace in 2021

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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