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1 posted on 08/21/2024 5:06:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Bttt


2 posted on 08/21/2024 5:12:10 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: nickcarraway

Pretty cool!


3 posted on 08/21/2024 5:13:03 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Trump 2024! )
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Old Mail Day Ceremony on Green Acres.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKsUBPayVTg

Mad Magazine had an undelivered mail feature:

Post card to Abraham Lincoln.
“That play Our American Cousin is a real dud. Don’t bother going to see it. A waste of time.”


4 posted on 08/21/2024 5:16:27 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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A+ for Sincerity of the writer
C- for Penmanship

He was either using a fountain pen or the Quill Feather of some large bird like a Swan or Turkey.
The ink is of top quality, to have lasted for so long.
The card has probably been stuck inside of a large, heavy book all this time. Sort of the way a flower would be pressed in a large dictionary. It shows very little discoloration or mold.


5 posted on 08/21/2024 5:20:40 PM PDT by lee martell
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Is there a pic on the other side, possibly revealing what “the pair of these” refers to?


6 posted on 08/21/2024 5:25:43 PM PDT by fruser1
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The handwriting looks a good bit like my grandmother’s. She was born in 1893.


9 posted on 08/21/2024 6:17:29 PM PDT by clashfan (><> ><> ><> ><> )
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mark


12 posted on 08/21/2024 6:31:00 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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PING


14 posted on 08/21/2024 6:51:30 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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[The incident has sparked curiosity about how the postcard managed to remain undelivered for more than a century, and the story continues to unfold as more details come to light.]

Stuck in a very old sorting machine, fell behind a piece of furniture only now being cleaned, etc.


15 posted on 08/21/2024 7:07:48 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too. 😁 " - Robert Conquest )
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It Would be more interesting if it was from 2050


19 posted on 08/22/2024 1:52:53 AM PDT by Herakles (Diversity is applied Marxism )
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A hand written letter or postcard is sp much better than an e-mail or text.


20 posted on 08/22/2024 3:10:13 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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I wish they showed the front of the card as well.


22 posted on 08/22/2024 7:12:49 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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It says they have won the lottery and that they need to claim the money within 30 days or forfeit all.


23 posted on 08/24/2024 1:46:19 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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