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1 posted on 02/20/2023 11:22:11 AM PST by Red Badger
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I want that stamp!


2 posted on 02/20/2023 11:23:45 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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It remains unclear why the letter took so long to arrive at its intended destination.

If I had to point the finger at someone, I'd probably blame the government.

3 posted on 02/20/2023 11:24:59 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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Send it back. “No longer at this address.”


6 posted on 02/20/2023 11:27:43 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just postill clickbait!)
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It’s “Old Mail Day!” (Hint: Green Acres)


8 posted on 02/20/2023 11:34:32 AM PST by BikerJoe
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Postmarked on a Sunday.

The portrait on the stamp is of King George V. My grandfather had to renounce his allegiance to King George V when he became a US citizen.

Maybe they could locate the individuals involved on the 1911 census of Great Britain (if those are open to the public...in the US the wait is 72 years but I don't know what the rule is in Britain).

9 posted on 02/20/2023 11:36:08 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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Was the check enclosed?


10 posted on 02/20/2023 11:37:04 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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It would be nice it they track down any living descendants of the intended recipient (or the sender).


17 posted on 02/20/2023 11:48:56 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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Mailed a friend a postcard from Istanbul in 2019. Couple of years later she sent an email and said you went back to Istanbul? She got the card in 2021.


18 posted on 02/20/2023 11:52:58 AM PST by Jolla
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“Yes, I’ll marry you, my love!”


19 posted on 02/20/2023 11:56:00 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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The letter was addressed to "Mrs. Oswald Marsh" and was made out to "my dear Katie." The sender was identified as Christabel Mennel.

Ms. Mennel probably went through the whole rest of her life miffed that Mrs. Marsh never replied to her letter.

20 posted on 02/20/2023 12:02:04 PM PST by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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“We hope this letter find you well, and looking great for 120 years old. As requested, the anti-aging cream will be sent by separate post”


23 posted on 02/20/2023 12:13:15 PM PST by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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Dear Mrs. Oswald Marsh

My name is Ubando Chawotel, senior assistant to the recently deceased respectable Nigerian Prince, Dr. Charlie Owando...


25 posted on 02/20/2023 12:27:04 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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“We have been reach you about the extended warranty on your Model T.”


26 posted on 02/20/2023 12:51:20 PM PST by Carpe Cerevisi
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Mad Magazine in the 1960s had a story about undelivered letters. One was to Abraham Lincoln advising him to skip going to the Ford Theater to see Our American Cousin. “It’s a real loser.”


27 posted on 02/20/2023 1:08:59 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloSinud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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And people want to trust the Post Office with our votes.


29 posted on 02/20/2023 1:15:27 PM PST by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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Did it arrive in the morning post of the afternoon post?


30 posted on 02/20/2023 1:15:56 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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Better late than never, I guess.


31 posted on 02/20/2023 1:18:21 PM PST by FormerFRLurker
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Norwood, which was a very popular place for the upper middle classes in the late 1800s,

Published 1903.


33 posted on 02/20/2023 1:21:08 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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Sounds like a case for the “Signed, Sealed, and Delivered” crew.


36 posted on 02/20/2023 1:30:19 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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The letter said: “Congratulations, you won the Irish Sweepstakes! You must claim the prize in person”.


38 posted on 02/20/2023 2:06:38 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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