A lost postcard took a whole 121 years to arrive at its destination in Whale probably sent at a bank address that was built here before the current building in the United Kingdom.
The news went viral after the social media post where the Building Society of Swansea confirmed that they had received a 121-year-old postcard in their building at Cradock Street, Swansea in the mail on Friday.
According to them, this mail was sent to a lady named Lydia Davis, which shows it was sent to those who lived there. Building Society adds that it was probably sent to the bank address that was built here before this building.
"The address is correct, we are still 11 (and 12) Cradock Street, but it's 121 years later than expected," Henry Darby, the bank's marketing and communications officer, told Wales Online.
"It's wild. A little bit spooky. The stamp itself is King Edward, so he was King from 1901 until 1910, and you could tell straight away from the handwriting and the way it speaks, 'Dearest, I could not', it was very much of the time."
It is also said by them that anything written on a postcard can’t be read but the date of 3 August 1903 on the postmark can be shown.
A spokeswoman for the Royal Mail said "It is likely that this postcard was put back into our system rather than being lost in the post for over a century. When an item is in our system, we are under obligation to deliver it to the correct address.”
The reason and story of this late strange arriving postcard is not clear.
