Please Mr. Postman

Mysteriously missing mail

In 1961, the first version of the song Please Mr. Postman, the Marvelettes sang,

Please Mister Postman
Deliver de letter the sooner de better

At the time, a first-class postage stamp cost 4 cents. Adjusted for inflation, that would be 35 cents today. When the Beatles recorded their version in 1963, it cost a nickel to mail a letter. By the time The Carpenters cover of the song…