Mail From Fanning Island

[bondscruisegal]

We were on one of NCL's last cruises to Fanning Island in Feb. Mailed a stack of postcards from Fanning Island and almost 6 months later none of our postcards have been delivered. I'm just curious, has anyone else mailed postcards from Fanning Island and were they ever delivered?

[ohioNCLcruiser]

I know about 6 months is normal. Don't give up completely yet!

[cruiseman40]

That's funny. I mailed a postcard last yr. from Honolulu and my neighbor got it the same evening I got back from vacation. Of course it was the first day of my vacation when I sent it and arrived 10 days later.

[Forever dreaming]

Bondscruisegal,

 

I posted 4 postcards from Fanning island in April 08. I think we were on Fanning on the 9th. The postcards were stamped on the 28th April and we received them late June/early July.( Sorry I didnt take notice of the date)

Got 3 all in one day to different addresses and the last one the day after.

We are in Adelaide - South Australia.

It was a great talking point getting them so late after returning from holiday.

 

Hope you'll be getting your postcards soon.:D

 

Cheers,

Fiona

:)

[bondscruisegal]

Nice to hear you got your postcards. One of mine was sent to Australia and as of today (almost 6 months later) none have arrived including the one I sent to Australia. Maybe they'll show up one day, if not, it will always be a mystery wondering where they are.

[skf]

If they are just postcards, no problem...you can tell the intended recipients the story & they will believe you.

Of course if it's a package of diamond jewelry.....

[Sally Forth]

Ours took more than 8 months to get from Fanning to Chicago and Toronto. I guess it just depends on when their mail boat arrives. I wonder how Fanning is doing without cruise pax?

 

Viv

[bondscruisegal]

My postcards from Fanning Island have arrived. It only took 8 1/2 months. They were postmarked Kiribati on March 23rd, almost a month after we visited the island. I'd love to know the route they took to get to their final destinations.

 

I often think of our visit to Fanning Island and the people we met there. It was a truly wonderful experience and I'm very glad that I had the opportunity to see it.

[CruisinMK]

That's funny. I mailed a postcard last yr. from Honolulu and my neighbor got it the same evening I got back from vacation.

 

 

Fanning Island is the opposite of Honolulu. It's not very different today than it would have been in 1700 :)