Australia Post apologises after delivering postcard 50 years late

The postal service in Australia has apologised after it delivered a postcard… 50 years after it was sent.

Australia Post put a postcard sent from Tahiti in 1966 in a couple’s letterbox in Adelaide last week, The Adelaide Advertiser reported.

The stamp on the postcard, sent from the French Polynesian island, cost 13 francs.

It was sent by “Chris” and addressed to “Robert Giorgio”, and showed a scene from the Papeete waterfront and the Bloc Donald building.

Its writer said he was “enjoying myself greatly” and that the weather was “very humid”.

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The postcard landed in the letterbox of Tim and Claire Duffy.

They believe Mr Giorgio was the original owner of their property in Adelaide.

“It took a while to realise it was an old one,” Mr Duffy told The Adelaide Advertiser.

“I checked the post date and it’s 1966.”

“There’s no way it could have been stored in there that long.

“I would say the postman has put it in there.”

A spokesman for Australia Post said: “It is clear something went wrong 50 years ago after the postcard was posted in French Polynesia, and we apologise for the inconvenience.

“Australia Post takes great pride in the timely, safe and efficient delivery of mail, and we are confident that the vast majority of mail and parcels arrive on time.”

(Main picture of Australia Post worker: Rex)