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Postcard With 'Vague' Note Turns Up 121 Years Late
Postcard Delivered
121 Years Late

Postcard Delivered 121 Years Late

Group in Wales is asking people to help shed light on the message

(Newser) - Somebody mailed a postcard to 11 Cradock Street in Wales, and the postal service delivered it on Friday. The only strange thing is that it's dated August 3, 1903, reports Wales Online . It's addressed to "Miss Lydia Davies," who presumably lived at the address 121 years...

A Century Later, 1920 Postcard Is Delivered
Postcard Arrives
in the Wrong Century

Postcard Arrives in the Wrong Century

Michigan woman shocked to receive some very old Halloween greetings

(Newser) - A Michigan woman picked up her mail on Tuesday and was transported back in time. Figuratively, of course. Sitting on top of Brittany Keech's stack of mail was a postcard that might've appeared somewhat timely—"Halloween greetings," it read, next to an image of a witch...

Some Dads Call Their Kids. This One Sent 20K Postcards

Georgia's David Lasseter has been sending his 4 kids postcards for more than 20 years

(Newser) - If any dad should get an extra-special Father's Day gift this year, it should be David Lasseter. Or at the very least, a postcard. That's what the Georgia patriarch has been sending to his four kids for more than 20 years, ever since he first dropped his oldest...

Postcard Mailed During WWII Finally Arrives

Only took it 70 years or so

(Newser) - A postcard mailed nearly 70 years ago has finally arrived at the former upstate New York home of the couple who sent it. The postcard was sent July 4, 1943, from Rockford, Illinois, to sisters Pauline and Theresa Leisenring in Elmira. Their brother, George Leisenring, was stationed at Rockford's...

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