A sign of the times was made evident to a Wanganui resident the other day when he received a letter from a friend in Rotterdam, Holland. He noticed that the postage was 574 cents instead of the customary 74 cents., and on opening it. learnt that his correspondent had feared that he would not be able to send the letter in time to convey the Yuletide greetings. He then made the fortunate discovery that, by sending the letter by air post he would be able to connect with the steamer in time. This was done, with the result that the letter ha reached its destination well before Christmas instead of arriving after it. The envelope, with its extra 50 cents’ worth of stamps, is being retained by the recipent of the letter as an interesting memento.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3954, 24 December 1929, Page 6
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