A mail truck making its run in Sweden. A postcard sent from southern Sweden in 1982 arrived at its destination in the centre of the country last month, more than 21 years later(AFP/PRESSENSBILD)
Posted on 01/12/2004 11:39:51 AM PST by martin_fierro
Better late than never: 21 years to deliver a Swedish postcard
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - A postcard sent from southern Sweden in 1982 arrived at its destination in the centre of the country last month, more than 21 years later, it was reported.
But the intended recipients of the correspondence died years ago, and their daughter -- who sent them the postcard 21 years ago -- received the delivery in her mailbox on December 19.
The newspaper calculated that the postcard took 7,814 days to travel 830 kilometers (515 miles), averaging a speed of nine meters (yards) per day.
The postage stamp -- which cost 1.65 kronor (18 euro cents/23 US cents) compared to today's 5.50 kronor (60 euro cents, 77 US cents) -- featured a young King Carl Gustaf XVI. The monarch is now a graying 57-year-old.
A mail truck making its run in Sweden. A postcard sent from southern Sweden in 1982 arrived at its destination in the centre of the country last month, more than 21 years later(AFP/PRESSENSBILD)
The intrepid research department got tired of doing metric conversions.
When you control the mail,
you control...information.
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