Unable to import a vCard

I am unable to add at vCard to Address Book that was send from Outlook 2011 for the Mac. When I drag the card to the name column in Address Book or try to import the vCard I get an error message "no importable cards were found". The attachment I received has a .vcf extension. (I created the vCard myself in Outlook 2011 at another Mac and sent it to another user who uses a current version of Address Book and Mail.

After additional testing of this issue I have discovered that if I export a vCard form Apple Address Book (File->Export->Export vCard) this vCard can be attached to a message using Outlook 2011 for the Mac and sent to someone who is using Apple Mail. This recipient can add this vCard to their Apple Address Book without any problems. However, they can not read the vCard with Apple Mail if it has been created by Outlook 2011.
I have also tested sending the vCard created with Outlook 2011 to a Windows PC with Outlook 2003. I am able to open the Outlook 2011 for the Mac vCard with the Windows PC.

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