Postcards Arrived 121 Years After Shipment, What Happened?
Aug 22, 2024
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According to foreign media such as Wales Online and the New York Post, a postcard was recently delivered to the Swansea Building Society in Wales, England.
The bank employees who were checking the mail were surprised to see the postcards.
The postcards were stamped with the Edward VII stamp, and the date of shipment was August 3, 1903.
It was believed to have been sent to a woman named Lydia Davis who lived there at the time.
The bank employee said "The address on the postcard is correct. Perhaps a woman named Lydia lived when there was a house before the bank was built."
The postcard source reads Fishgard, Pambrookshire, with a picture of a winter landscape with a hedgehog crossing frozen tree stumps on the front.
The contents of the postcard were quite ambiguous. Both the sender and receiver talk about something they know, but they didn't give details.
Looking at the post on the postcard, 'Say hello to Miss Gilbert and John. Sending love to all...It was impossible to save these two, saying 'Dear L. I'm really sorry, but I hope you're having fun at home. Now I'm doing well because I got about 10 shillings (about 900 won) of pocket money excluding the train fare.
The bank, where the postcard was delivered, asked on social media to contact anyone who knows the person or content mentioned in the postcard.
Royal Mail, a postal company, said "It is possible that this postcard was not lost but was put back into our delivery system. If the item is in the system, it is obliged to ship it to the correct address," he said.
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