Swansea: Postcard dating back 121 years gets delivered in the mail

Addressed to 'Miss Lady Davies' in Swansea, Wales, it was sent in 1903, but the British Royal Mail delivered it to the recipient only a few days ago

Bank employees in Wales are enthralled by an ancient postcard. The card addressed to a guy named Lydia Davies hit the mat last week, 121 years later than the date it was sent. The bank has called for help from the public in the hope that more information will be made about the woman and author of the letter, whose name is Ewart. The card surfaced at a bank in the city of Swansea last Friday. An employee was sorting the mail when the postcard fel…

Vintage Postcard Delivered 121 Years Later To Swansea Building Society's Head Office‌

By Lauren Beavis A postcard has finally been delivered to its intended address -121 years after it was sent. Staff at Swansea Building Society’s Craddock Street branch were ‘astonished’ by the mysterious vintage card among their regular mail on August 16. The postcard, dated 3 August 1903, is addressed to a Miss Lydia Davies, who likely resided at what is now the Society’s Head Office. Henry Darby, Marketing and Communications Officer at Swansea…

Postcard mailed 121 years ago finally makes it to its destination ‘out of the blue’

A piece of mail finally made it to the intended location — almost 121 years to the day after someone put a stamp on it and sent it off. The Swansea Building Society, a mortgage loan business in Swansea, Wales, received a very old piece of mail earlier this month that took staff members by surprise. Henry Darby, marketing and communications officer for the company, told SWNS, the British news service, that the piece of mail turned up "completely …

Cardiff-SANA A postcard has reached its intended address in Wales, western Britain, 121 years after it was sent. The BBC reported that the postcard arrived at a company on Cradock Street in Swansea, surprising employees because it was sent in 1903 and arrived 121 years late. The card bears a postmark …

The employees of a building society in Swansea, England, must have been quite surprised when they looked through this mail: Among the letters they found a postcard with a deer motif. It had been written and sent by a man named Ewart - well over 100 years ago.