A German Christmas Card addressed only as “England” has reached the right address in Gloucestershire in England. Paul Biggs,said “I can’t believe it – it’s eerie – it’s just got ‘England’ and sent from a sorting office in Bitburg.”
Royal Mail said its “address detectives” were renowned but “even by their standards” it was impressive.
Mr Biggs said the card had been sent by his friends in Germany on Monday and was handed to him by his postman on Wednesday morning.The postman had been carrying the letter as he completed his round, asking his customers if the card was for them.
“He gave me my mail and said ‘Are you expecting anything from Germany?’ and I said ‘I might be – we’ve got friends over there’,” said Mr Biggs.
“He said ‘Have a look at this letter’ – so I had a look and turned it over and our friends’ address was on the back of it and on the front it just said England.”
“I said ‘How on earth did you know it was for me?’ and he said ‘I didn’t, I’ve been wandering around with this’, said Mr Biggs.
The card, it is believed, may have originally been addressed correctly and so was sent to the right area of England – but with an address label that fell off at some point.
Source: www.bbc.com
By:Archa Dave
