Postcards - is this normal?

[simpo two]

Between 26 Dec and 4 Jan I sent a postcard almost every day from New Zealand to my ageing mnother in England. I paid $1.50 for DX Mail stamps and hoped that she would enjoy getting my postcards while I was away.

I visited her yesterday and was a bit peeved to see that only two cards had arrived, and they had taken over a week just to reach Singapore. The rest must still be in transit after 3 weeks...

Is this normal? The Catalina flying boat service of the 1940's could have done better,

[marki]

Seems very slow to me , i have seen postcards sent from Thailand arrive in 5 days or so

[diddyman]

You can bet they arrived here safely simpo. They'll be under a posty's bed or in the bin somewhere.

[iandbeech]

I think you posted ours on the 2nd Jan and we got it last week!