We have been pondering the ‘Postcard dilemma’ for a solid week now. It seems that over 75% of the nearly 200 postcards mailed in Nome on March 18, 2019 reached their destination the week of August 5, 2019.
Our main concern, of course, was that perhaps the dog team that Moira used to haul the cards to the Nome post office was to blame. So, first we researched that consideration. Upon closer inspection of photographs, we believe that we misrepresented Moira’s team in the post several days ago. The photo on the right is not, in fact, her dog team.
This was her dog team:
As you can plainly see… Driver is in lead. What?!? Driver is in lead? In swing is Iron (with a very puffy tail.) In wheel position, and somewhat of a surprise, is Tig the retriever. Moira does enjoy sporting fun and exciting hats and beanies from time to time… so this could, in fact be her trying out the ‘Mounty look’. Anyhow, from the look and enthusiasm of this Mail Team, it just might have taken them a LONG time to get the postcards anywhere!
Needless to say, blaming a dog team is NEVER ACCEPTABLE so… we were lucky that our good friend and Anchorage Iditarod dog care lieutenant, Linda, flew into Nome this week. We now call her…. Detective Linda!
Linda made her way to the Nome Post Office on Front Street to inquire about ‘said postcards’. Why the almost 5 month hold up in delivering a teeny, tiny rectangular slip of cardboard paper? According to Detective ‘Boots in Nome’ Linda:
“As it turn out, the SP Kennel <We Made it to Nome> cards were placed in an Outgoing Mail box that uses a special “Iditarod Celebration” stamp to cancel the postage. This stamp went missing! Therefore they held the postcards in Nome until the special stamp was found. It sounds like they didn’t want Iditarod fans to be disappointed. The Nome post office just got the replacement stamp on August 3rd.”
Thank you Detective Linda. Hope you enjoyed Nome. Did you send me a postcard?
Thanks detective Linda for your super detective work. Hope you had time to enjoy Nome after solving the unusual postmark post cards.
Moira could have had the super team with Tig delivering the post cards to the now infamous Nome post office. I love the mountie hat look.
Thanks.
Linda did. It will arrive next year. LOL
This post is so hilarious. I love that you are having some fun before things get busy.
I recognized Driver and Tig right off, thanks for the help with Iron.
I bet those two in front actually share some bloodline with your Golf pups.
Got another card today. Alaska is my HAPPY place! 🙂
Thank you!
I will cherish this special post card – with its historic stamp cancelled in Nome!!!
Thank you intrepid Linda for providing the solution to the mystery, adding to Iditarod lore.
And perhaps a three dog team pulling a loaded sled such as you cite above (love Moira’s jaunty head gear) might well have taken the length of time involved! I’ll go with the official excuse, however!!!
Thanks again for the post card and the fun, too!!!
Way to go Linda!!! This is a very special post card indeed! Love the old photos of “Moira and her SPK Team”….too funny!
Thanks for the info. I just thought my postcard went missing with the change
in mailing address. Am not home at present but will look forward to the postcard!
Lt. Columbo would have been proud! Nice work Linda.
Got my post card in Atlanta Ga just last week 😄