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International Post (as in letters)

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Joy

Joy Report 21 Dec 2009 20:53


I would love to know how long it took from South Africa to Hampshire :-)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 21 Dec 2009 20:44

I think those 3 letters might be worth something, Chris.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 21 Dec 2009 20:21

Claire

Not answering your question but just to show that the post system was interesting!

I have 3 letters sent 'Par Ballon Monte' (Yes those things that go up in the air!).

One from Paris to London in 1889, the second Paris to London 1893 and the third Paris to Constantinople!

I hasten to add these are not my ancestor's scribblings but from a scrapbook my Grandfather bought in a London street market in the 1930's

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

Battenburg

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.

Mum would sent me large parcels surface mail and it took about 3 months to arrive

°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o°

°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° Report 21 Dec 2009 19:50

& there was me thinking that the post was send by donkey!

Thanks for your help

Joy

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.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 21 Dec 2009 19:23

Yes, definitely. No email though!

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o°

°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.

This week a further copy of the same photo has turned up in of all places, Hawaii

I know that this photo got to Hawaii via New York but for the life of me I can't figure out how it could have got to the USA.

Please does anyone know, was there a way of posting international letters around that time?