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The correspondence was written in the middle of World War I and more than a decade before Queen Elizabeth ...

When this envelope drops into the letter box in south london flat the recipient was in for a surprise. i noticed on the stamp it was actually king rather than a queen. on closer inspection he realised it had been over a century ago from bath, somerset. in 1916 george v was king and world war one rationing had been yet to be introduced. we were pretty shocked and baffled as to how it could have conceivably happened. then just really curious. as more than 100 years had passed he and his girlfriend decided to see what was inside. it is written by someone called cristobal to their friend katie who...

Realised it had been sent over a century ago from bath, somerset. in 1916, george v was king and world war one rationing had been yet to be introduced. we were pretty shocked and baffled as to how it could have conceivably happened. then just really curious. as more than 100 years had passed he and his girlfriend decided to see what was inside. it is written by someone called cristobal to their friend katie who was mrs oswald marsh. she's apologising for what she had said and it opens with, "will you lend me your aid i feel quite ashamed of myself after what i said at circle." but obviously it...

Sent from the United Kingdom’s Bath in 1916, the letter bearing a stamp of King George V was dropped through the letterbox of theatre director Finlay Glen’s south London flat in 2021.

The envelope had a penny George V stamp and was probably written during the First World War.