Mailed in 1950, letter arrives in Norway 54 years late

[Champ]

OSLO (AFP) - A Norwegian woman reportedly got a real surprise this week when she received a letter mailed 54 years ago, delivered by a mailman who brought along flowers for the occasion.


"It was really funny. It's fantastic to get a letter after so many years," Brita Loevaas told the Halden Arbeiderblad daily after opening the letter dated September 22, 1950.


The letter brought no 'news' of course: Brita Loevaas' parents-in-law inquired about the health of their grandson, who at the time was just two years old and is now nearing retirement.


"It puts the time that has passed into perspective," Loevaas reflected.


Also put into perspective is inflation: the postage stamp used at the time cost 0.25 Norwegian kroner, 22 times less than the cost of a stamp today.




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[benburch]

1. Where does mail hide all those years???

You hear stories like this every so often.

I wonder what was the cause behind this one?

Sometimes, it is because mountaineers found a long-lost mail plane crashed in the hills, and I have heard about mail being lost behind mail boxes and in sorting equipment, but I wonder if anybody has done a study of this issue?

Might make entertaining reading, anyway.