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VANCOUVER, British Columbia --Peter Symons noticed something odd about a postcard he received in the mail from Florida. "When I looked at it, I saw it had 4 cents in stamps and I said, 'Well, that's sort of strange,'" he said. Then he noticed the postmark: Nov. 7, 1955.
The card, which he received Thursday, showed an aerial view of the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla. It bore a pair of 2-cent stamps with the image of Thomas Jefferson and was addressed to "Mrs. Harry McGee, 1-1135 Davie St., Vancouver 5, B.C., Canada."
The message, written in blue ink, read: "Darling & kids: Arrived here 6:15 this morning. It's nice and cool now but promises to be a stinker later on. Am going to have a wash and shoeshine, etc., and go into town."
It was signed "Love & kisses, Har."
The card was mailed less than a year after the luxury hotel was opened, said Thomas Bruny, vice president of marketing for Fontainebleau Resorts.
"I have no idea how it could have been lost for 50 years," he said.
Symons said the card is in good shape with just a couple of bends on one end.
Bob Taylor, a spokesman for Canada Post, said the delivery truly was a fluke. "It could have been in the U.S. Postal Service for years," he said. "It could have been stuck behind a cabinet. Sometimes these are found during renovations."
Because of insufficient postage, he said, the postcard should have been returned to sender. And who that sender was remains a mystery.
"The story could be anything," Taylor said. "At least it showed up, even if it was late."
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