A postcard dated 121 years ago was delivered in Wales, England, making headlines.
According to Sky News on the 21st (local time), Swansea Financial Union employees found a postcard with an unknown recipient named “Lydia Davie” among the piles of mail delivered to the office on the 16th.
A postmark “AU2303” was stamped on a stamp depicting Edward VII (1901-1910). According to the postmark, the mail was processed on August 23, 1903.
A Swansea Financial Union official told local media Wales Online, “The postman brought me a lot of mail related to mortgage or deposit as usual,” adding, “A postcard fell onto the table while an employee was looking through it.”
The postcard begins with ‘Dear L’ and ends with ‘Love to everyone and from Youirt’.
The text says, “I hope you are enjoying yourself at home. I have about 10 shillings on my hands, excluding the train fare, and I’m doing fine. Say hello to Miss Gilbert and John,” it reads.
After posting the postcard on social networking services (SNS), the union was contacted by a relative of Lydia Davie, but it was still unknown how the postcard was received by mail.
The union celebrated its 100th anniversary last year, and it is estimated that the house was located at the address before that.
A Royal Mail spokesperson said, “It seems that the postcard is back in the system rather than missing in delivery for 100 years. We must deliver goods that have entered our system to the correct address.”
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