Make Up A Story About Your Cover / Stamp

--- I thought I would try a new topic. Points are awarded for number of gullible posters that believe your story. ---

I purchased this item on a recent trip to Cuba. As you can see, there are quite a few interesting things about the cover.





The writer, Mr. Kranenberg (age 99) was eating some cheese (Gouda) in the Netherlands during the war and thought that it was a good time to write to his good friend, Mr. Leon, who was living in Cuba. In order to save some money, he applied a 20 cent stamp and sent it to the nearest Cuban Consulate, in Geneva. Apparently, inspectors 247 and 287 from the octagonal office agreed to send the document, but inspectors 295 and 275 from the round office disagreed. This meant that inspector 225 had to break the tie, and he went with the latter two, and the item was stopped. However, 225 decided to add an additional 12 1/2 cent stamp (because he just happened to have 12 and one half cents on him) and see if he could also send it a little further. He scratched out the address, and sent it on to Washington DC instead. Unfortunately, since he was a little short of funds, he also had to scratch out the Express option. This took a month to figure out, but the letter was finally on its way.

I don't know how the letter actually ended up in Cuba, but the Capital A and lower case b are usually construed to mean "Assumption below" meaning that if the receiver cannot be located, then it is assumed that he has moved to the next lower country, which would be Cuba in this case.

--- I can't believe that anyone would believe this drivel, but if there are any other submissions, please add them below ---