Findings

As for Thursday, 22 June 2021, the letter which has taken the longest to return is that of Pitcairn; the round trip at the time of its return was 664 days (despite being franked on 15 November 2020).

TerritoryPost AddressLetter MailedLetter ReturnedDays ElapsedNote
Akrotiri and Dhekelia12345678 LCPL B Jones
B Company
1 Loamshire Regt
Dhekelia
BFPO 58 GB
United Kingdom
8/28/201911/13/201977
Akrotiri and Dhekelia12345678 LCPL B Jones
B Company
1 Loamshire Regt
Dhekelia
BFPO 58 GB
United Kingdom
8/28/20191/3/2020128
AnguillaN. Guem
27 Back St
The Valley 2640
Anguilla
8/28/201911/29/201993
BermudaN. Guem
27 Back St
Hamilton HM 12
Bermuda
8/28/201910/25/201958
British Antarctic TerritoryN. Guem
Port Lockroy
Goudier Island
BIQQ 1ZZ
British Antarctic Territory
8/28/20197/2/2020309
British Antarctic TerritoryN. Guem
UKAHT – Port Lockroy
c/o Stanley Post Office
Stanley
Falkland Islands
F1QQ 1ZZ
South Atlantic Ocean
8/28/20192/4/2020160
British Indian Ocean Territory12345678 LR B Jones
NP 1002
Diego Garcia (BIOT)
BFPO 485 GB
United Kingdom
8/28/2019
British Indian Ocean Territory12345678 LR B Jones
NP 1002
Diego Garcia (BIOT)
BF1 4TG GB
United Kingdom
8/28/2019
British Indian Ocean TerritoryN. Guem
27 Back St
Diego Garcia
BBND 1ZZ
British Indian Ocean Territory
8/28/201911/23/201987
British Indian Ocean TerritoryN. Guem
27 Back St
Diego Garcia
British Indian Ocean Territory
Chagos Archipelago
Indian Ocean (via Singapore)
8/28/201912/5/201999
British Indian Ocean TerritoryN. Guem
DIEGO GARCIA
c/o Sure (Diego Garcia) Limited
3 Shenton Way
Unit # 02-01 Shenton House
Singapore 068805
SINGAPORE
9/10/2019orig sent 8/28/2019, usps returned 9/09/2019 due to damage (9/06); 12 days rrt. resent.
British Indian Ocean TerritoryN. Guem
DIEGO GARCIA
c/o Sure (Diego Garcia) Limited
PSC 466 Box No. 59
FPO-AP 96595-0059
USA
8/28/2019
British Indian Ocean TerritoryN. Guem
27 National Highway
BBND 1ZZ
Three Brothers
British Indian Ocean Territory
7/29/201912/21/2019145
British Virgin IslandsN. Guem
27 Back St
Road Town, Tortola, VG1110
British Virgin Islands
8/28/2019
Cayman IslandsN. Guem
27 Back St
George Town
Grand Cayman KY1-1010
Cayman Islands
8/28/20199/16/201919
Falkland IslandsN. Guem
27 Front St
Stanley
FIQQ 1ZZ
Falkland Islands
8/28/201911/7/201971
GibraltarN. Guem
2-7 Back Square
Gibraltar
GX11 1AA
Gibraltar
8/28/201910/24/201957
MontserratN. Guem
Back Point Road
Brades, MSR1310
Montserrat
8/28/201912/5/2020465
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno IslandsN. Guem
27 Back St
Adamstown
PCRN 1ZZ
Pitcairn Island
8/28/20196/22/2021664
Saint HelenaN. Guem
27 Back St
Jamestown
STHL 1ZZ
Saint Helena
8/28/2019
Saint HelenaN. Guem
27 Back St, Jamestown
Saint Helena
STHL 1ZZ
South Atlantic Ocean
8/28/2019
Ascension IslandN. Guem
27 Back St
Georgetown
ASCN 1ZZ
Ascension
8/28/20199/10/201913usps return mark:
9/06/2019
never left usa
Ascension IslandN. Guem
27 Back St
Georgetown, Ascension
ASCN 1ZZ
South Atlantic Ocean
8/28/2019
Tristan da CunhaN. Guem
27 Back St
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
TDCU 1ZZ
Tristan da Cunha
8/28/20192/29/2020185
Tristan da CunhaN. Guem
27 Back St
Edinburgh
Tristan da Cunha
TDCU 1ZZ
South Atlantic Ocean
8/28/20191/26/2020151
Tristan da Cunha (Inaccessible Island)Mssrs Gustav and Frederick Stoltenhoff
Port David
Inaccessible Island
TDCU 1ZZ
Tristan da Cunha
8/28/2019
South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsN. Guem
27 Back St
King Edward Point
SIQQ 1ZZ
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
8/28/20199/10/201913usps return mark:
9/06/2019
never left usa
South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsNin Guem
King Edward Point Research Station
British Antarctic Survey
Stanley
Falkland Islands
FIQQ 1ZZ
South Atlantic Ocean
8/28/20191/27/2020152
Turks and Caicos IslandsN. Guem
27 Back St
Cockburn Town
TKCA 1ZZ
Turks and Caicos Islands
8/28/2019