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> 6 months later, and about 5 1/2 after the end of the tour, it arrived. All over it were notes saying things like "Unknown in Hong Kong. Try Australia". Man,

> 6 months later, and about 5 1/2 after the end of the tour, it arrived. All over it were notes saying things like "Unknown in Hong Kong. Try Australia". Man, that's some serious organizational ethic! If only both companies and people were as exact today...

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photojosh 4y ago
Is this not basically once-off nerd-sniping for post workers... "ooh: here's a challenge."? I'm sure you only hear about the success stories.
- ce4 4y ago
  In my case it was an embarrassing success story... my great uncles name was globally, or at least unique in Germany, i misspelled it, got the postcode wrong, forgot street and house number (sent from abroad)... and it arrived a month or so later. Boy got I laughed at. I'd rather wished it had disappeared. Thats was back in the 90's.
  - kolinko 4y ago
    Some other embarassing success story. My gf bought a postcard in Czech Republic, filled it with my address in Warsaw, but forgot to buy poststamps. She didn't send the postcards and carried them to Warsaw. In Warsaw they fell out of her pocket on a street, or something like that. Still, they arrived in our post box. We still don't have an idea how and why :)
    - netsharc 4y ago
      If it was already in Warsaw, it's possible some bored civilians found the postcard and decided to go to your address and put it in the mailbox...
- fakedang 4y ago
  Haha, I can imagine some post-master and his workers' eyes glinting with excitement once they find a letter of this sort. "Ooooh, unmarked letter... It's showtime!"
sseagull 4y ago
There's the story from last year of a letter being delivered that only had a description of the person and where the person used to live: https://twitter.com/weefeargal/status/1479069076144234497 https://twitter.com/weefeargal/status/1479069076144234497
- jraph 4y ago
  and also this letter / package addressed with broken encoding, decoded by the postal service.
sideshowb 4y ago
We received a letter from a friend in France, in the 2000s, addressed to Wellington but no country specified. Also present were an nz postmark and "try great Britain".

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photojosh 4y ago

Is this not basically once-off nerd-sniping for post workers... "ooh: here's a challenge."? I'm sure you only hear about the success stories.

ce4 4y ago
In my case it was an embarrassing success story... my great uncles name was globally, or at least unique in Germany, i misspelled it, got the postcode wrong, forgot street and house number (sent from abroad)... and it arrived a month or so later. Boy got I laughed at. I'd rather wished it had disappeared. Thats was back in the 90's.
- kolinko 4y ago
  Some other embarassing success story. My gf bought a postcard in Czech Republic, filled it with my address in Warsaw, but forgot to buy poststamps. She didn't send the postcards and carried them to Warsaw. In Warsaw they fell out of her pocket on a street, or something like that. Still, they arrived in our post box. We still don't have an idea how and why :)
  - netsharc 4y ago
    If it was already in Warsaw, it's possible some bored civilians found the postcard and decided to go to your address and put it in the mailbox...
fakedang 4y ago
Haha, I can imagine some post-master and his workers' eyes glinting with excitement once they find a letter of this sort. "Ooooh, unmarked letter... It's showtime!"

sseagull 4y ago

There's the story from last year of a letter being delivered that only had a description of the person and where the person used to live: https://twitter.com/weefeargal/status/1479069076144234497 https://twitter.com/weefeargal/status/1479069076144234497

jraph 4y ago
and also this letter / package addressed with broken encoding, decoded by the postal service.

sideshowb 4y ago

We received a letter from a friend in France, in the 2000s, addressed to Wellington but no country specified. Also present were an nz postmark and "try great Britain".