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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° | Report | 21 Dec 2009 19:11 |
For a long time, I've had a copy of my family taking c1897. |
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MargaretM | Report | 21 Dec 2009 19:23 |
Yes, definitely. No email though! |
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Joy | Report | 21 Dec 2009 19:30 |
Certainly was. My great-grandmother in England received a letter from her brother in South Africa in 1878. |
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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° | Report | 21 Dec 2009 19:50 |
& there was me thinking that the post was send by donkey! |
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Battenburg | Report | 21 Dec 2009 20:07 |
Letters were sent by sea. They call it surface mail. I have seen one sent in 1889 from England to New Zealand. |
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Chris in Sussex | Report | 21 Dec 2009 20:21 |
Claire |
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MargaretM | Report | 21 Dec 2009 20:44 |
I think those 3 letters might be worth something, Chris. |
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Joy | Report | 21 Dec 2009 20:53 |
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