Letter arrives 100 years after being mailed
When it comes to sending letters by mail, it's not unusual that some delays may be encountered when it comes to delivery. But would you find a delay of 100 years acceptable?
CNN reports that Finlay Glen, a theater director and playwright, received a letter at his home in Hamlet Road, London. Initially, Finlay thought that it was a letter from 2016. However, the envelope had a stamp bearing the likeness of King George V. The letter had been mailed in February 1916, in the middle of World War I and more than a decade before the birth of Queen Elizabeth II.
Finlay handed over the letter to a local quarterly magazine named the Norwood Review, who was able to discover that the letter was addressed to Katie Marsh, the wife of local stamp magnate Oswald Marsh. The letter was sent by Christabel Mennel, the daughter of tea merchant Henry Tuke Mennel, while she and her family were vacationing in Bath, England. The Norwood Review says they will release a full report on the letter.
CNN also reached out to the Royal Mail, who explained that they were “uncertain” how it happened.
This letter is just the latest artifact found in the past few months. Early this month, an amateur treasure hunter found a pendant possibly linked to King Henry VIII in a Warwickshire field. The pendant is made out of 300 grams of 24-carat gold, attached to a chain made of 75 links. More importantly, it had the Tudor rose and a pomegranate, which is Katherine of Aragon's symbol.
In December of last year, Israeli archaeologists uncovered shop stalls at the Tomb of Salome or Salome's Cave, supposedly the burial site of the woman who was the midwife to Mary when she was giving birth to Jesus Christ.
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