Merry Christmas... 93 Years late..

[Curtis]

A CHRISTMAS postcard has been delivered in Kansas, 93 years after it was mailed from neighbouring Nebraska.

The postcard featured a coloured sketch of Santa Claus and a young girl, according to news reports.

It was dated December 23, 1914, and mailed to Ethel Martin of Oberlin, Kansas, from her cousins in Alma, Nebraska.

The reports said the postcard had been discovered in Illinois and speculated it had slid behind a cupboard. Oberlin Post Office delivered it to Bernice Martin, the late Ethel Martin's sister-in-law.

It's a mystery where it spent most of the last century, Oberlin postmaster Steve Schultz said. "It's surprising that it never got thrown away. How someone found it, I don't know."

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22937934-5013016,00.html

[deathbypig37x]

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22937934-5013016,00.html

Wow, that's pretty funny. Hope it wasn't very important! :p
Nice find Curtis!:D

[EuPHoriC PoisoN]

I really enjoy stories like these. They make you think, "now how could this possibly have happened?" Great find. :)

[Rocket]

Wow...that's the US Postal Service for ya

[codedigital]

Wouldn't that have been funny if it was an actual card with a dollar in it? Then I wonder if you have some sort of case to sue the post office for inflation. :p

[Flea]

Wouldn't that have been funny if it was an actual card with a dollar in it? Then I wonder if you have some sort of case to sue the post office for inflation. :p

If your post is anything like ours someone would have opened it and took the dollar our,
infact thats probably what happened they opened it took the money and and tossed it behind some cupboard.

[JJ UK]

If your post is anything like ours someone would have opened it and took the dollar our,
infact thats probably what happened they opened it took the money and and tossed it behind some cupboard.

haha stupid royal mail stealing our monies - thats why I only give money in person :p

[Rocket]

If your post is anything like ours someone would have opened it and took the dollar our,
infact thats probably what happened they opened it took the money and and tossed it behind some cupboard.


Or sample the cookies then send you the opened box:p

[graf1k]

They make you think, "now how could this possibly have happened?"

And the answer is.....

that's the US Postal Service

[Clipse]

Wouldn't that have been funny if it was an actual card with a dollar in it? Then I wonder if you have some sort of case to sue the post office for inflation. :p

According to WikiAnswer (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_value_of_a_1914_dollar_bill)s the bill would be valued between $60 and $90 depending on wear and if it shows "National Currency" on its front. Now thats just if the bill was actually made in 1914 and since the card was supposedly delivered in perfect condition I wouldn't think there would show too much wear. ;)

[Blind Rage]

Haha, that the postal service. Glad they have never lost my stuff.

[iJohn]

I also ejoy stories like these. When my dad was renovating the apartment, we found some old old old postcards from the 20s in the wall lol:)

[Danny Dibo]

Yuck!!
What a disgusting postal service.

You mean to tell me no one has cleaned behind there cupboard since 1914??

Can't imagine what else is hidden back there. Lol.

[XXXJUICEDXXX]

1914.? When was the automobile invented.? This letter would of been horse back delivered . Awesome find.