"The U.S. Mail is somewhat inconsistent these days," he said, tongue in cheek. "A friend in Mc Lean, Virginia, barely 20 miles away from our home in Alexandria, Virginia, sent me a Christmas card, postmarked December 18, 2020, which I received on February 19, 2021. The envelope also bore a hand stamped February 9, 2021 postmark from Charleston, South Carolina!"