<p>A father and daughter have been sending each other the same birthday card for 33 years - but it has now been lost in the post. </p><p>Award-winning author Claire Fuller, 50, first sent the card in 1984. When her dad, Stephen Fuller, posted the card back on her birthday with a new message written inside it, they continued and the rewrites became a much-loved family tradition. </p><p>But this year Claire - who celebrates her birthday on 9 February - never received the card at her home in Winchester. Posting on Twitter she said: “My Dad and I have been exchanging this birthday card since 1984. This February it got lost in the post. If you find it send it home to me. </p><p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My Dad &amp; I have been exchanging this birthday card since 1984. This February it got lost in the post :-( If you find it send it home to me. <a href="https://t.co/YxTOAksET4">pic.twitter.com/YxTOAksET4</a></p>&mdash; Claire Fuller (@ClaireFuller2) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClaireFuller2/status/838474110342680576">March 5, 2017</a></blockquote><br><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">... Can&#39;t tell you how upset I am that it&#39;s gone.</p>&mdash; Claire Fuller (@ClaireFuller2) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClaireFuller2/status/838474231440687104">March 5, 2017</a></blockquote></p><p><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><h2>Keep your eyes peeled</h2></p><p>Look out for a little yellow duck with a red hat, red armbands and red boots. Inside is crammed with messages from ‘Claire&rsquo; and ‘Dad&rsquo;. </p><p>Claire&rsquo;s plea for help has now been retweeted 7.6K times and inspired lots of people, including the BBC and postmen, to get involved in the search party. </p><p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/ClaireFuller2">@ClaireFuller2</a> OH NO! Can we help?</p>&mdash; BBC Radio Solent (@BBCRadioSolent) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCRadioSolent/status/838672359510900736">March 6, 2017</a></blockquote><br><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/ClaireFuller2">@ClaireFuller2</a> as a postie I&#39;d advise popping to your local sorting office (where you collect parcels) and asking. We hate to see this.</p>&mdash; MaSenn (@MaSenn_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaSenn_/status/838509405679280130">March 5, 2017</a></blockquote></p><p><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p><p>A Royal Mail spokesman told the BBC: "Every item of mail is important to us. We appreciate the sentimental value of this card and are seeing if we can trace it.</p><p>"We would always advise customers sending valuables or cash through the post to use a tracked service."</p><p>Claire we very much hope you find this sentimental item! Fingers crossed.</p><p><i>If you've got a birthday coming up, make sure you pick up cakes, banners, balloons and everything you need to celebrate <a href="https://groceries.asda.com/search/birthday" target="_blank">online</a>, or pop into your<a href="http://storelocator.asda.com/#!/" target="_blank"> local store</a></i></p>

MISSING: desperately seeking lost birthday card

By Asda Good Living,7th March 2017

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