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No-One Missed Postcard Sent in 1953, Until Strangers Cracked Mystery

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A postcard sent from the UN in 1953 has been delivered to its original sender more than seven decades later.

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A postcard sent from the United Nations headquarters in New York arrived at the post office in Ottawa, Illinois, in August.

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By Lily Hautau, CNN A postcard sent from the United Nations headquarters in New York came to the post office in Ottawa, Illinois, in August. It would have been nothing unusual, except for the fact that it had postmarks of 8:00 p.m. on June 17, 1953. According to The Times (Ottawa), postal officials believed that the postcard, addressed to “Rev. F. E. Ball and family”, had been lost at the UN for the last 72 years and was only recently found and …

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KIFI broke the news in Idaho Falls, United States on Monday, September 22, 2025.
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