Time for a postbox post!

Due to some forum games elsewhere (not on my snailmail forum), the locations of these will be withheld until correct guesses have been made there

Two photos of the same postbox, apologies for the quality of the one, taken on a bus.

I was hoping to have caught a bus after finishing my walk, but just missed it, so had to walk even further.

This is a cheeky postbox, aboard the MV Balmoral. More information about this vessel can be found at http://www.heritagesteamers.co.uk/balmoral/index.html

Wax seals revisited.

I sometimes use a wax seal to secure the envelope flap (but don't trust it on its own so also use tapes too). The LOVE coin came with a set containing wax, a spoon, some candles. 

My first attempt with LOVE was a bit impatient as I lifted up too quickly taking the O with me.

Next, I didn't put enough wax on the envelope, but I prefer not to have a great big thick bit of wax which could make the letter a large one and put it in a different postage rate.

As well as wax sticks, I also have wax hearts (currently, just one colour) and is a convenient amount easily doubled/trebled, to be melted in a spoon.

I also bought a new seal from Manuscript - the classic quill and ink bottle.

Sorry for the poor photo, but this seal was bought by my mother at a souvenir shop celebrating the Magna Carta.

I also treated myself to a new M seal, this one is larger than the one I already had.

There is a small amount of the heart shaped wax melted in with the silver. I didn't fully clean the spoon.

This is the smaller M seal you may have seen in an earlier blogpost.

I didn't have the amount of wax perfected. Also, wax can burn and go black.

This is one seal I made a while back and mentioned here too. Not sure where I put this. I may have another go at making my own.