A letter addressed to the British Prime Minister Theresa May at her official 10 Downing Street address landed up 5 kilometres away in London's 10 Daning Street.
Sam Bass stumbled upon the letter while sifting through letters in the communal hallway of his rented home at 10 Danbury Street in Islington, north London, and was surprised to find one addressed to one of the world's most famous addresses.
He reposted the envelope to 10 Downing Street last night.
"I can perhaps understand why the postal worker got the address mixed up, because the handwriting is quite poor and they look similar, but the recipient's name (Ms Theresa May, PM) is unmistakable. As far as I'm aware, the Prime Minister has never lived here," the 24-year-old tech consultant said.
"I'm sure there's probably nothing confidential inside, but it's just as well it didn't get delivered to somebody less honest," he added.
The letter, delivered by the Royal Mail from a north west Midlands address in England, waspost-marked on November 19, but was only discovered this weekend.
"We would like to apologise for this delivery error. Every item of mail is important to us and staff are being reminded to check mail thoroughly before delivery," said a spokesperson for UK's Royal Mail.
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