Is flexible wax always in a form like hot glue stick? I have some old wax sticks (at least 5 years old) and even some wax beads that you heat up in a metal spoon. Should I assume that those are the old "brittle" wax? And that even if have your letter hand postmarked, it still has to go through auto-sorting machines?
@Lori,
I don't know the actual process, but I think that is the case.
I think once it gets into the system it is auto sorted.
One way to test this is to have someone send a letter and get it "hand postmarked," then the recipient check the envelope for a bar-code along the bottom of the envelope. If that bar code is there, then it is more than likely that the letter was auto sorted.
I don't know if there is a manual sort process for delicate letters that are hand postmarked.
I think it is a luck of the draw that a flexible seal will survive the mechanical sorting or not.
So far I have been unlucky with 2 damaged out of 2 received.
But Brad received his undamaged, so there is hope.
I think flex wax is also available in candle or bar format.
But like was said, you can test it by making a small seal, then bend it. If it cracks, it is the traditional wax, if it does not crack, then it is flex or supple sealing wax.
@Brad
Does your letter from Moya have the bar code along the bottom of the front of the envelope?