[Dravyk]

Hasn't happened often, but certainly not the first story I've heard about the post office doing such things. Doesn't happen that often on the one hand, but on the other, in eight years or so of this, I've heard this story about two dozen times. It does happen.

At least your situation is better than many others I'd heard - you actually got your checks without them having been reissued by the sending company.