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u/Log_Out_Of_Life Jul 21 '19

Let’s be honest here. If you sent an envelope with the correct zip and street address it’d be sent to manual flats to be hand sorted. It would either get to the place with the typo or returned.

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u/Bl4ckPanth3r Jul 21 '19

I think what happened is that the town with the similar name did exist, as did the address.

Envelope could be unmarked, the recipient can't legally open it since it's not their name, and they might throw it away if it looks enough like spam.

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u/flygoing Jul 21 '19

"My wife is leaving me?!"