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A postcard has just been delivered – 121 years after it was originally sent.
The card, featuring a black and white picture of a reindeer in the snow, a King Edward VII stamp and a postmark dated August 3, 1903, was dropped through the letterbox with other normal post – and no explanation for the incredibly long delivery time.
It was addressed to a Miss Lydia Davies, at 11 Cradock Street, Swansea. But well over a century later, her house is long gone and is now the site of Swansea Building Society.
Marketing and communications officer Henry Darby, said: “It turned up completely out of the blue.
“The postman came to the door as normal with lots of letters. As one of the managers was going through it, a postcard dropped onto the table, not in an envelope, not with a note, just as it was.
“The address is correct. We are still 11 (and 12) Cradock Street, but it’s 121 years later than expected! It’s wild, actually. A little bit spooky.”
The card carries the message “Remember me to Miss Gilbert and John” but Henry said the rest is “quite vague”.
He added: “Pencilled on the top it says Fishguard, Pembrokeshire [70 miles away], so we’re wondering if it’s come from Fishguard.”
Staff are now appealing for any information about Miss Davies.
A Royal Mail spokeswoman said: “It is likely this postcard was put back into our system rather than being lost in the post for over a century. When an item is in our system, we are under obligation to deliver it to the correct address.”
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