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Re: When is a Postal Letterbox not Postal Letterbox?
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Reply to: #967382 by dancingpecan
Oct 26, 2018 7:42am
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Unless you're mailing it to a politician don't worry about it.
Come join the annual tradition!
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Oct 28, 2018 3:35pm
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Secret Stamp Santa is back for its 7th year! While this is not a traditional postal, you will be mailing a stamp and receiving one back in the mail, so that's why I'm posting it here. All info is on the tracker, but questions are welcome. We already have people from 24 states signed up!

Households are welcome to send more than one stamp - just let me know the trail names of all of the people who are participating when you send me you address. Kids are welcome to carve too, as long as a parent can help with the mailing process.

Stamps don't have to go out until the first week of December, so you have over a month to prepare.

TG
Re: Come join the annual tradition!
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Reply to: #967458 by Trekkie Gal
Oct 28, 2018 7:12pm
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The Cross'Family is Ready,and Participating!🤣
Still Time to Sign Up for My AQ Santa
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Nov 4, 2018 2:37am
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Hey, everyone!

There is still time to sign up before the matchups are made on November 15. Please join us for holiday fun!

https://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.html?gTrackerId=9989
Re: Mystery Postals?
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Reply to: #967339 by IrishRef
Nov 29, 2018 5:39pm
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Would love to plant some. We relocated and there are a depressing lack of stamps out here.
Re: New to Postals, Looking to Join a Ring
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Reply to: #967312 by TravelBugD
Nov 29, 2018 5:40pm
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Would love to join you on any postal you pick up or if you want to co-found one
Dead Pool 2019
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Nov 30, 2018 6:06am
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Dead Pool 2019 is gearing up & has openings! If interested please contact me on aq mail @ jwalkers.

Dead Pool 2019
New Mystery Postal is now open for your enjoyment
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Dec 2, 2018 2:25pm
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Here comes a long over due mystery postal. Hopefully this will keep you sane among all the Christmas music and movies. For those who are new to mystery postal world and for those who need a refresher the rules follow.

To get this postal you will have to guess the theme/name/subject of the stamp. Clues will be posted on the postal boards and on this tracker. I will try and post one per day. For each clue posted each person may make one guess prior to the next clue being posted.

Guesses should be sent to IrishRef via AQMail, not posted on the boards! Guesses will only be accepted from AQ members through AQMail.

Even if you have no clue take a guess anyway. Half the enjoyment is seeing the range of incorrect answers and how people connected clues for those guesses. You will only get a response from IR if you: A. Have the correct answer, B. Are very close or I need to clarify your guess, or C. Your guess peaks my fancy.

The first 10 members correctly guessing will be notified by AQMail. Tracker order will typically be determined by order correct answer receipt (Exception to this are international winners who will be at the end of the tracker). The correct answer with how each clue is related will be posted once the postal is full.

Clues:

1. Roswell

Check out the tracker at the following link:

https://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.php?trackerId=10036
Re: New Mystery Postal is now open for your enjoyment
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Reply to: #968989 by IrishRef
Dec 2, 2018 8:27pm
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I'm feeling lucky!
Re: New Mystery Postal is now open for your enjoyment
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Reply to: #968989 by IrishRef
Dec 2, 2018 8:28pm
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We are off to a running start with several nicely twisted guesses on clue one. A couple intrigue me and one hit my funny bone. I failed to mention that this is Mystery Postal #417. However, it is listed as such on the tracker.

As the newbies will learn the clues will all match somehow but are rarely straight forward. That being said the first clue has most focused on the obvious while I will more than likely veer off in another tangent tomorrow. Best advice is to always look at the clues as a collection toward one answer. The trap is trying to make all the clues fit down one rabbit hole. That being said there are not any red herrings but many clues can have multiple meanings. And as Grand Flyers would tell you there is more than one Roswell in the USA.

mwhahahahaha!
Re: New Mystery Postal is now open for your enjoyment
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Reply to: #968996 by IrishRef
Dec 2, 2018 8:57pm
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mm..maybe not so lucky
Re: New Mystery Postal is now open for your enjoyment CLUE 2
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Reply to: #968989 by IrishRef
Dec 3, 2018 5:53am
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To allow those not interested to ignore the thread, I will keep all the clues related to the first post.

Clue 2 - Red Raider
Re: New Mystery Postal is now open for your enjoyment
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Reply to: #968989 by IrishRef
Dec 3, 2018 7:29pm
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Glad to see you back! Was beginning to wonder....
Re: New Mystery Postal is now open for your enjoyment
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Reply to: #969047 by Jiggs
Dec 4, 2018 9:42am
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Yeah work was rather hectic this fall.
Re: New Mystery Postal is now open for your enjoyment
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Reply to: #968989 by IrishRef
Dec 4, 2018 9:44am
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Amazingly there has now been one correct answer!!!

Clue 3: NASA
Re: New Mystery Postal is now open for your enjoyment
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Reply to: #969068 by IrishRef
Dec 4, 2018 11:06am
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Well, it obviously wasn't me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Re: New Mystery Postal is now open for your enjoyment clue 4
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Reply to: #968989 by IrishRef
Dec 5, 2018 5:57am
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Two correct answers already.

Clue 4 = September 6, 1980
Re: New Mystery Postal is now open for your enjoyment
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Reply to: #968989 by IrishRef
Dec 5, 2018 9:57pm
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Make that 3 correct and that was an obscure clue 8nless you were already on the correct track. Shifting gears slightly with clue 5. Remember ALL the clues must fit.

Clue 5 :The Golden Circle
Re: New Mystery Postal is now open for your enjoyment
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Reply to: #968989 by IrishRef
Dec 7, 2018 6:33am
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The guesses really fell off with the last clue. I'm sorry these clues have been so challenging. It amazes me how creative and resourceful y'all can get. Don't quit now no matter how hopeless it seems. Follow me to the end of the clue thread.

Clue 6: Alien Covenant
Re: New Mystery Postal is now open for your enjoyment
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Reply to: #968989 by IrishRef
Dec 8, 2018 10:31am
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Clue 7 Logan Lucky.
Re: New Mystery Postal is now closed
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Reply to: #968989 by IrishRef
Dec 8, 2018 7:14pm
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Mystery 417 is now closed. The answer and explanation of clues will soon follow. Look for another one after Christmas. Thanks to all who made attempts to solve.
Re: New Mystery Postal is now closed
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Reply to: #969200 by IrishRef
Dec 9, 2018 7:49am
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Looking forward to seeing the answer! I couldn't get it
2 more spaces left
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Dec 9, 2018 9:44am
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Dead Pool 2019 still has 2 more spaces left. The last day to sign up is December 15th.
List of names is due by midnight Dec 31. Mailout is Jan 31.
Mystery Postal 417 Solution and Clue Explanation
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Reply to: #968989 by IrishRef
Dec 10, 2018 6:44am
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The correct answer to mystery #417 is John Denver:

Clue 1 Roswell - He was born in Roswell, NM.
Clue 2 Red Raider - He studied architecture at Texas Tech. Their mascot is red raider. (a few went down the Santa Claus route with this one and Red Raider.)
Clue 3 NASA - This one led everyone back to the alien theme. NASA awarded him the Public Service Medal for his work on the Citizen in Space Program.
Clue 4 September 6, 1980. This was obscure but pivotal. John landed (helicopter) in Mountaineer Stadium to sing Country Roads. This was the first game in the new stadium, new coach, new uniforms, new WVU logo, and my first live game in Morgantown. I was in the top of the stadium on the 50 yard line in the student section. My wife was a freshman that year. John asked the crowd to sing with him. Ultimately starting the post-game stadium tradition of arms around your neighbors swaying and singing loudly for all to here.
Clue 5: : Golden Circle - This was for the movie Kingsmen: The Golden Circle. Two of John Denver's songs are featured including a rendition of Country Roads.
Clue 6: Alien Covenant. Did anyone pickup on the THREE John Denver song titles in my encouraging jibber jabber? Definitely a bonus clue hidden in plain sight (I'm Sorry, It Amazes Me and Follow Me) Hitting that alien theme really hard again. There are multiple sites for movie trailers with Country Roads as background music. One showing this song's beat heard in a static message from a distant planet. Leading the crew to their doom.
Clue 7: Lucky Logan was the final movie reference for Country Roads. The ending of this movie has a little girl starting a crowd rendition.

Those who answered quickly had either a history of solving my clues, recent info on John and/or know my connections to WVU and singing Country Roads.

Watch for the next one after Christmas. If you want more John to get you in the mood there is always John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together, John Denver and The Muppets on Rocky Mountain Holiday Parts 1-5. A Christmas Together was the alternate choice considered for Clue 7.
Re: Mystery Postal 417 Solution and Clue Explanation
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Reply to: #969241 by IrishRef
Dec 11, 2018 9:08am
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Oh, man, I should have had this one! I'm a BIG John Denver fan. But I went down the alien/UFO route and never corrected. .......Off to watch the original John Denver and the Muppets Christmas special now.......
Re: Mystery Postal 417 Solution and Clue Explanation
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Reply to: #969265 by Boxer Lover47
Dec 11, 2018 12:25pm
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I was trying to follow a track that included Roswell, TX, a fictional town.
Re: Mystery Postal 417 Solution and Clue Explanation
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Reply to: #969271 by Grrly Girl
Dec 11, 2018 12:33pm
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I was trying to follow a track that included Roswell, TX, a fictional town.

After IrishRef posted:
And as Grand Flyers would tell you there is more than one Roswell in the USA.

I went off in that direction too. I also found out about Roswell, Georgia, a place with quite a few letterboxes.
New tracker
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Dec 15, 2018 8:24am
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New Micro Postal tracker available. Perfect for those of use living in the tundra and can’t get out and box.

https://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.php?trackerId=10051

~ MamaFrog
Re: New tracker
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Reply to: #969420 by MamaFrog
Dec 15, 2018 9:18am
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So, any preferred size for the stamp? I can do the same image in ½" to 2" for a micro-postal.

Also, "emoji" can be a pretty broad category. Do you mean that they have to be a face emoji?
Re: New tracker
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Reply to: #969422 by Oberon_Kenobi
Dec 15, 2018 9:23am
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As long as it meets the weight for being in a standard envelope and one forever stamp it can be any size, and no it doesn’t have to be a Face Emoji, it can be any Emoji that’s your favorite or most used, my favorite just happens to be a face lol.