Greetings from 1980: Dutch postcard finally arrives – 42 years late

Ludwina Verhoeven’s sister sent her the card, which features a photograph of their campsite, while on holiday

A 64-year-old Dutch woman has welcomed the news that she is finally to receive a postcard from her sister, despite it arriving 42 years late.

The card, saying simply “Greetings”, signed Veronica, Jan and Matthijs and addressed to Ludwina and Piet Verhoeven in Nieuw-Vennep, south-west of Amsterdam, was posted in the summer of 1980 from Hoeven in the southern province of Brabant.

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