Did soldiers have to put UK stamps on their letters, when writing home to family?
Not something I'd ever thought about before, but it's implied in a letter sent by an officer to a newly-bereaved mother; apparently she had sent postage stamps to her son : -
"I opened your last parcel [to your late son], containing socks, gloves, butter, etc., this morning, and the enclosed letter and stamps which I return."
If anything, I think I would have guessed that mail was sent free of charge to family.
Not something I'd ever thought about before, but it's implied in a letter sent by an officer to a newly-bereaved mother; apparently she had sent postage stamps to her son : -
"I opened your last parcel [to your late son], containing socks, gloves, butter, etc., this morning, and the enclosed letter and stamps which I return."
If anything, I think I would have guessed that mail was sent free of charge to family.