Vintage collection of letters, postcards from Europe found at Irvine Park

A collection of vintage stamps and letters from Europe were found at a park in Irvine, and police are now trying to find their rightful owner.

The rare collection was found at Santa Luisa Park in Irvine. The stamps and letters found appear to be from the 1930s and 1940s, and a significant number of them are letters written by prisoners of war in Polish and German.

Irvine police released an image of a few of the items found. At least two of the cards in the image are from Poland, one of which says "Freedom It's Light Must Shine On Poland" over and under intertwined Polish and American flags, and next to an image of the Statue of Liberty. Another letter with a Polish stamp is addressed to the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Ga.

An "honest resident" found the collection in February and turned it in about a week later, Irvine police said. 

Anyone with information about the collection can contact Detective Truong at ttruong@cityofirvine.org.