💌 How to Mail Wax Sealed Letters 💌
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
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Wax sealing letters is something I'm quite fond of. And something that took a lot of time to figure out. I spent a lot of time on the internet searching to see if one can in fact send wax-sealed letters. A lot of places were filled with false information. So I wanted to make a video with what I'd learned, and show you how to seal a letter with wax. If you've got any questions after watching the video, let me know in a comment down below!!
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My husband and I sent engagement announcements through the mail instead of posting on facebook and we sent them in wax sealed envelopes! :) I love the unique touch it adds and I feel like a princess writing a letter.
I am now going to think of myself as Princess Anneliese 👀
Thank you for the tip on including the extra ounce stamp! Glad I found your video 😊
You're welcome!! If I didn't say it in the video an extra ounce stamp is about 15 cents.
If you don't wanna use a normal/forever and an extra ounce, you can use a 2 oz stamp instead! It's about the same cost either way =)
Thank you so much for the information! I didn't know where to start. You are a life saver! P.S. Love the old Tolkein book in the back. :D
You're welcome!! The Tolkien books are beautiful and I love them haha. Since uploading this video the cost of an extra ounce stamp has gone up to 30 cents now, just so you're aware!! 🥰
Thank you so much👏 Saw advice online about hand canceling but none of those resources actually explained what that meant . Hoping to send some letters out after my wedding 😊
Congratulations! The cost of the extra ounce/hand cancel has gone up to avoid 30 cents just so you're aware!
I always wax seal stamp my Christmas cards. I always go to my local post office and they hand cancel my letters free of charge all the time. I guess it depends because the other post office nearby charges per mail.
Definitely underrated info to have, was about to put an envelope in a envelope.
That also works at times! But I also love the look of my seals outside my letter haha.
Also a note, since publishing this video the cost of postage has gone up =)
Thanks, this has been good information. I have been putting the wax seal at the bottom of the letters, not on the outside of the envelope. I had one such letter returned with fragments of the seal clinging to it; the USPS marked it as undeliverable.
I'm sorry that happened! I had a few letters like that before the post office people finally told me how to get my letters through. Quick note that the cost of postage has gone up, and it's easier to now just buy the non-machinable stamps! Hopefully you won't have any more issues with the seals that way!!
Oh God your so amazing! I literally was looking for info for this and look at that a fresh vid!
Thanks!! It's crazy how simple it is to do, but the info on how to do it is so hard to find!! I hope you get to wax seal a bunch of letters!!!
@@XannasBooks I’ll send a bunch that’s for sure!
Do it!! Quick note when it's hot they may melt a bit, I recommend either getting your letters to the mailbox when it's cool, or dropping them off at the post office. Also, send me pics on Instagram of your stamps! I love looking at wax stamps.
@@XannasBooks darn that’s actually a good tip! I’m still new to the hobby Jajaja so I need to buy some stamps but when I do I’ll tag you on Instagram!!
Sweet! There are lots of good ones on Amazon and Etsy. =) Maybe I'll do a video on my collection?
getting ready to do this for some of my customers and wanted to watch some videos on this, thanks for the informative video
You're welcome! Do note that in the US the cost of postage has gone up for non machinable letters. It's now ¢.30 for hand canceling letters along with the normal cost of postage =)
I hope your customers enjoy the wax seals!! I always love a personal touch on a letter.
Hi Xanna, thank you for your guide, and a beautiful job done! If you have any experience with traditional (not flexible) sealing wax, do you suggest strategies of laying down/embossing the wax such that it is less inclined to crack during postage? Thank you!
My suggestions would be to use a bit more wax than you normally do and not press the stamp as hard. Otherwise, thinking about the weather around the time of sending. I don't send wax letters when it's really hot out, cause I know they're likely to remelt in transit, and sometimes in the super cold they can crack as well! So temperature is an important consideration too =)
Hm. I just sent a letter to a new penpal in the US, but I did as we do in Norway and wrote my return to address tiny on the back and crossed it out. Could I risk that the machine reads it and decides that this is the recipient address?
PS. I suspect the machine will favor the postage stamp side.
Sadly hand canceling is entirely gone in Norway except for an office that caters exclusively to filatelist first day letters. I will have to just mail a few to myself to try.
That should be alright! Lots of people will write return addresses on the back of an envelope for things like wedding invitations or if the envelope is small. It's just the basic format is return address goes on the upper left corner of it in the US. Your letter should be good as it would probs prefer the postage side, and the US address =) ✉️
Great information! As I am about to mail letters using wax seals, and twine! I'm glad I found you as I had no idea what hand canceling was. What is your success rate of "intact" delivery following the guidelines you have laid out? (But I guess you wouldn't know unless you track that asking your recepients.) Would you suggest mailing a few letters to myself to see if the "extra care" you pay for in extra postage and hand caceling request? 🙂And are those extra once stamps in your video "automatic" hand canceling so that I don't have to request it by going inside the post office when I am ready to mail?
Thanks in advance for response!
Hey! Sorry for responding late. The USPS actually makes hand canceled stamps now that you can buy that automatically mean that they don't go into the machine. I'm not entirely sure about twine as I've never used it myself, but I assume it would go kinda like a package? I would double-check with your local USPS to be sure.
Thanks for your response! And Yes! They are the “Non Machinable” stamps and I bought 7 of them at the post office @ $1.14 each. Now I will test it out by mailing a wax sealed letter to myself to see how it arrives! (Fingers crossed.)🕯️✒️📝
As far as putting the wax seal on the inside of your envelope with your invitation would you have to do the same thing?
You might? Best thing to do would be to use normal postage cost on the outside and take it to the post office to double check if it's too thick for the machine or weighs over an ounce =)
Does it take longer to deliver these? I live in Arkansas and sent a wax sealed letter to my mom in Texas last Tuesday…it’s now Wednesday and she still hasn’t received it. To be fair, it’s been snowing and raining…so not sure if that’s caused delays. But just in general l, do these letters take longer?
In my experience they can sometimes take a day or so longer, but large delays, longer than usual, are likely issues with rain and snow.
@@XannasBooks thank you! She finally got it today! 🥰 so it took a week and a day…I remember when letters used to take 2 days
I also live in Northeast Arkansas and my mail goes through the Memphis USPS post office. I find that anything other than a regular first class letter usually take much longer, both coming and going.
I just bought an electric warmer on Amazon…even has a spoon. I haven’t tried it yet…planning to.
I haven't tried electric warmers before! I've thought about it though 👀
Update that the cost of postage has gone up so to send a wax sealed letter it's best to buy a "non-machinable stamp" at the moment that design is the purple butterfly stamp 🥰
So I can just use 1 two once stamp?
Hi! So with the raised cost of postage I recommend getting a non machinable stamp! They're purple butterflies (at least where I am). That would be the only stamp you'd need to use when mailing a wax sealed letter =)
Hi hi so the extra oz stamp makes it not go through the machine? I’d also get the nonmachinable stamp but kinda want to send it with a specific forever stamp on my letter
Since the time of filming this video the cost of postage has gone up, so you could use 2 extra ounce stamps (I think) or the non-machinable purple butterfly stamp.
If you're wanting to use a specific forever stamp you may be able to use it and a few extra other stamps (2 extra oz, or possibly another forever) but that depends on the cost of postage and how thick your envelope is =)
If you take your envelope to your post office the post master there should be able to give you the exact combo you need for whatever stamps you're wanting to use 🥰
GOOD SHOW
Thanks!! 🥰
I don't think we used the extra ounce stamps and they sent just fine.
I've heard that some offices let it slide just fine, it may depend on how thick the seal is? Usually it's just because a wax sealed letter can't go through a sorting machine. Hopefully all stays well. What kinda wax stamps do you use? =) I mainly have floral ones.