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Section 107
Your applications are not lost. Please read the earlier posts in this thread - it is taking up to 6 weeks for regularly mailed applications (including those accepted at a US Post Orifice!) to be received and officially entered into the system with the checks typically cashed within 3 days of being officially received. Regular processing is then taking 10-12 weeks; expedited processing is varying from a week to 3 weeks.
The state dept passport website provides an option to register to receive email notifications about status changes - it does work; you might wish to register for it.
This appears to be the case.
Submitted application at USPS on MAR 30. Just received notification morning of MAY 6 the application was received on MAY 5 (5 weeks 1 days). Application was not showing up on a status check 24 hours ago. My bank also showed the fee debited this morning as well.
Guess they are really slow at opening mail or just quarantining it or both.