Only On 2: Postcard Arrives From Overseas To Sherman Oaks Home About 60 Years Too Late

HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com)   —  It took 60 years to arrive, but a postcard sent from Lebanon finally made it to its Southland destination.

The postcard even contains the name of a film legend.

It's an incredible story that is Only On 2.  And it gives new meaning to the phrase "special delivery.

The name Burton Holmes may not be familiar to a lot of people, but he's got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Daut says a Sherman Oaks couple -- Grant and Kasey Myers -- also found the name in their mail, nearly six decades after his death.

When Grant recently opened the mailbox at his home, he says he barely noticed the tattered black and white postcard.

"When I first saw it, I kinda assumed it was some viral piece of mail, a coupon for something," Myers said.

When he took a closer look, he realized the coupon was actually something far more special.

The postcard was decidedly from the edge, specifically sent from Lebanon, stamped "1956."

There was a short, handwritten message. "Hi folks, continuing my Burton Holmes travelogue."

Myers' initial reaction?

"I have have no idea who Burton Holmes is. He must just be someone's buddy," Myers says.

A quick online search gave Myers and his Mrs more information than they had ever expected.

Holmes, it turns out, was a famous American traveler, photographer and filmmaker.

In the time before television, Holmes was the a virtual window to the world for most Americans. He even coined the term "travelogue" -- as he was able to bring the excitement of foreign lands to audiences unable to go themselves.

"Now I just want to download all his films, find out what I can find, get some DVDs and look into it," says Kasey Myers.

From every continent, Holmes spent more than six decades recording his travels.

He died at his Hollywood home in 1958.

It's unclear why it took nearly 60 years after his death for the postcard with his name on it, and addressed to someone named Richard Turner, finally reached its destination.

"I'm thinking of going down to the city and doing some research and pulling out some deeds, trying to figure who owned the house when and where was Richard Turner," says Kasey.

The couple says the home they recently moved into was built in the early 50s.

They told Daut they plan to frame the postcard -- which shows a mosque from the Lebanese city of Byblos. That is, of course, unless Richard Turner of his family comes forward to claim it.

"It Richard Turner's family is out there," Grant says, "or Richard Turner himself is wondering where his postcard was, we got it."

Postal officials told Daut it's unclear how the postcard took so long to be delivered but that this kind of thing is extremely rare.