This Article is From Oct 23, 2016

Australia Post Delivers A Postcard Half-A-Century Late

Australia Post Delivers A Postcard Half-A-Century Late

A postcard was delivered to its destination in Australia 50 years after it was sent.

Melbourne: A postcard was delivered to its destination in Australia 50 years after it was sent, prompting the country's postal service to tender an apology.

 The 'slightly faded' postcard, dated 1966, was found by an Adelaide couple, Tim and Claire Duffy, in their letterbox last Monday.

 The card, which depicted a waterfront in Tahiti, had a stamp worth 13 Francs and was found by Tim Duffy underneath a water bill while he was going through his mails at his Wattle Park residence in Adelaide, local media reported.

The postcard was sent by a person named 'Chris' from Papeete, located on the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, in 1966 to an Adelaide resident Robert Giorgio and described how Chris was enjoying himself greatly despite very humid weather.

 Expressing regret over the late delivery of the postcard, an Australian Post spokesman said, "It is clear something went wrong 50 years ago after the postcard was posted in French Polynesia, and we apologise for the inconvenience."

 Tim and Claire Duffy, who bought the home in 2015, believe that it was built by an Italian Robert Giorgio in 1963 and the card was addressed to him.

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