Return-to-sender for girl's missive to mum in 'Heaven'

A letter of love sent by a French 13-year-old to her late mother, addressed to "Paradise Street, Heaven," was returned to sender with a postage fine slapped on.

On the second anniversary of her mother's death the young girl from central France, named as Anais, wanted to send her a "message of love, like a bottle in the ocean."

But two days after she slipped it into a local postbox, marked with her mother's name but no stamp, her missive was returned as a mistaken address - along with a 1.35 euro (two-dollar) fine for unpaid postage.

Asked to explain the mishap, the French post office said there really was a town in the area called Heaven - "Ciel" in French - but that the street was unknown.