Belated mail

Belated mail

From Kompas

On Aug. 15 two express letters were delivered to my house. The first one had a post office stamp dated Aug. 2, and came from Yogyakarta for our son. This letter informed him that Aug. 16 was the deadline for payment of his college fee for the first semester study at Atma Jaya University in the city.

The second one which had a post office stamp dated Aug. 6, came from our cousin in Jakarta. He invited us to attend a religious ceremony in Cipanas.

The express mail from Yogyakarta took 13 days to reach us in Lampung and the Jakarta letter took nine days. As far as I know, there is no problem with the transportation links between my town and the two cities.

Usually the express mail from Jakarta takes three days while letters from Yogyakarta take only six days. What happened to the two letters on the way to Lampung? I hope the Post Office will give me an explanation.

M. SUWARTOHADI

Lampung