SANDPOINT, Idaho — A postcard that has traveled through many decades and states has finally made its way home to its original owner after being lost in the mail for 72 years.

The vintage postcard was returned to its sender, Alan Ball, 88, on Wednesday morning, Sept. 10, at his home and hand-delivered by a local mail carrier who was eager to assist in the reuniting of Ball and his lost mail.

Both were smiling as Ball received the letter, standing alongside his college sweetheart, Jeanie Ball.

Sitting on the back porch overlooking his carefully landscaped lawn, Ball recalled his memories of the postcard that was intended for his parents to receive during the early summer of 1953.

Ball shared that he stayed at his aunt’s house in Puerto Rico, saying that his summer residence was dependent

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