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Kevy Baby 12-18-2007 10:03 AM

Christmas card arrives 93 years late
 
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OBERLIN, Kan. - A postcard featuring a color drawing of Santa Claus and a young girl was mailed in 1914, but its journey was slower than Christmas. It just arrived in northwest Kansas.
And I have customers who complain when their mail is just one day late!

The whole story.

Nephythys 12-18-2007 10:25 AM

Mine went out today-I'm sure someone will be bitching to me in 2100 :)

Not Afraid 12-18-2007 12:11 PM

Hey, that's when mine are going to arrive.

Cadaverous Pallor 12-18-2007 12:38 PM

One cent? How much did it cost to send a postcard 30 years before that?

Snowflake 12-18-2007 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor (Post 179786)
One cent? How much did it cost to send a postcard 30 years before that?

Here's wiki entry on the postage rates

Morrigoon 12-18-2007 12:59 PM

Wow, what a cool entry. I love wikipedia.

Alex 12-18-2007 01:58 PM

Wow. On July 31, 1958 a first-class stamp cost just as much as on March 3, 1863. They should have eaten the cost and kept the same price for a full century.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 12-18-2007 02:21 PM

I bet this was Amelie's handiwork.

RStar 12-19-2007 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor (Post 179786)
One cent? How much did it cost to send a postcard 30 years before that?

Strange, according to the Wiki chart, it was 2 cents at the time it was mailed (perhaps that's why it got delayed in the first place?). And it was 3 cents 30 years prior.


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