Pa. railroad calendar delivered 63 years late
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - A northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper has just received a calendar to help ring in the new year - except the year is 1950.
Scranton's The Times-Tribune reports a mail carrier delivered it 63 years late without explanation on Friday.
The large tube contained a 1950 Pennsylvania Railroad calendar addressed to James Flanagan, former general manager of The Scranton Times.
The calendar includes a holiday greeting from a railroad executive dated December 1949. Flanagan died that month.
A U.S. Postal Service spokesman says lost mail is sometimes found when a machine is dismantled or office space is renovated.
Times-Tribune publisher Bobby Lynett says he'll see if the Steamtown National Historic Site railroad museum is interested in the calendar. If not, he'll display it in the newspaper's offices.
Scranton's The Times-Tribune reports a mail carrier delivered it 63 years late without explanation on Friday.
The large tube contained a 1950 Pennsylvania Railroad calendar addressed to James Flanagan, former general manager of The Scranton Times.
The calendar includes a holiday greeting from a railroad executive dated December 1949. Flanagan died that month.
A U.S. Postal Service spokesman says lost mail is sometimes found when a machine is dismantled or office space is renovated.
Times-Tribune publisher Bobby Lynett says he'll see if the Steamtown National Historic Site railroad museum is interested in the calendar. If not, he'll display it in the newspaper's offices.
'A U.S. Postal Service spokesman says lost mail is sometimes found when a machine is dismantled or office space is renovated.'
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Think my mortgage holder will this?
DOC'S ALIVE!!! I mean, he's in the Old West, but he's ALIVE!!!
at least they delivered it
What was the postage back then?
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It was three cents for the first ounce.
WOW That sucker is older than I am.Â
Don't worry; that same calendar will be usable in a couple of years.
That's why I save all of my 'Ladies of OFFBEAT' calendars.
@Kushfan What month am I this year?????
 @Kushfan and a pair of fashionable pumps....
THAT picture was taken in 1950
You're February in 2013. And your wearing a pink and white lacy number that really shows off your assets.
I was going to mention that. Old calendars are usually good 6-7 years later :)