It was written by Christabel Mennel, the daughter of tea merchant Henry Tuke Mennel, while her family was on holiday in Bath, in western England. ![]() The letter was addressed to “my dear Katie,” who, according to Oxford, was the wife of local stamp magnate Oswald Marsh. “As a local historian I was amazed and delighted to have the details of the letter passed to me,” said Stephen Oxford, editor of the magazine, in a release. Finlay GlenĪfter realizing that the letter may be of historical interest, he gave it to the Norwood Review, a local quarterly magazine. But Glen said he can “only apologize” if he’s committed a crime.įinlay Glen with the century-old letter, outside the Hamlet Road property. Under the Postal Services Act 2000, it is a crime to open mail not addressed to you. “Once we realized it was very old, we felt that it was okay to open up the letter,” said Glen, 27. The letter was sent in the middle of World War I – more than a decade before Queen Elizabeth II was born. The envelope has a 1 pence stamp bearing the head of King George V. Glen told CNN that the letter arrived at the property a couple of years ago, but he has only recently taken it to the local historical society, so they can research it further. ![]() “Then we noticed that the stamp was a King rather than a Queen, so we felt that it couldn’t have been 2016.” So we thought it was 2016,” Finlay Glen told CNN Thursday. Sent in February 1916, the correspondence arrived at its intended address in Hamlet Road, south London, much to the bewilderment of the current occupants. ![]() A letter has finally been delivered to its destination – more than a century after it was written.
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