A letter marked “return to sender” has made its way back to a church in Alameda, but it is the postmark date has left people shocked and sparked a nationwide search for the person it was originally meant for. Last month, the US Postal Service returned a letter to Christ Episcopal Church in Alameda, originally postmarked October 26, 1955.
“Uh, it came back in the mail on August 20th, 2026, for ‘insufficient address,’” said church Rector Stephen McHale, according to CTV News. Inside the envelope was a baptismal certificate for a child named Pamela Jean Haslam, born to Robert and Lois Haslam. But the keepsake document arrived several decades too late. The post office is only about a mile and a half (2.4 kilometres) from the church, leaving Rev. McHale puzzled over why it took so long to return.
