A 15,000 price tag for washed up St Kilda letter
(WorldNews Norway)

A rare surviving letter sent out to sea in the floating post box known as the `St Kilda mail boat` and found washed up on a beach in Norway has been put up for sale for 15,000. The missive, written in 1899 by the visiting niece of the owner of St Kilda to her cousin in London, was sent in the mail boat - a wooden box or other waterproof receptacle attached to a homemade buoy - inside of which letters would be placed with a note attached saying `St Kilda mail`. ......