This story of a long journey for a simple parcel might amuse some of you, but a lot of aggravation for me following its trip on the internet. I bought some jacks on eBay for a woman in Amsterdam to save her a lot on postage.

Long 3-week route for 12 ounce First Class International Parcel:

¶ Feb 22 deposited the parcel in Brooklyn NY
¶ March 2 in Austria
¶ March 3 in Newark NJ
¶ March 4 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
¶ March 4-7 in NYC, Bethpage Long Island, Jamaica NYC, Manhattan
¶ March 8 in United Kingdom (England)
¶ March 8 in Amsterdam Netherlands--arrived
¶ March 13 delivered

Robert
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W C Fields (center w/ top hat) in "The Bank Dick" (1940).
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