[twic]

My dad's Uncle Bill was a quite well-known rugby player at one time, and received letters addressed just to "Bill $surname, Wales".

[justincormack]

My uncle got mail to his name, Cambridge. They tried the University, which routed to him.

[FearNotDaniel]

Ah Mr Cormack, good to hear you chiming in here... Reminds me of the time I successfully received a letter in Cambridge, addressed with only nine characters: my initials, the initials of my college, plus CB2 was enough to get it there.

Oh, and: mokas farakas!