"Contacts" - cannot open older version in Mavericks...

I'm using OS X 10.9 Mavericks on my MacBookPro with Contacts version 8.0.
I've just dragged an older version of "Contacts" (7.1) out of "Time Machine" to get some old 'phone numbers.
The 29.5 MB "Contacts" file is now sitting on the desktop (late modified June 18 this year) - but I can't access it.
When I click OPEN, the following message appears:
"You can't use this version of the application 'Contacts' with this version of OS X. You have "Contacts" 7.1".
I really need to get some old numbers I no longer have from the "old" version (heck, it's only 5 months old!).
Advice desperately needed - thanks...

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