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2. Sealing wax - Wikipedia

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   Letters sealed with wax in a painting from 1675 by Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts. Sealing wax is a wax material of a seal which, after melting, hardens quickly (to paper, parchment, ribbons and wire, and other material), forming a bond that is difficult to break without noticeable tampering.

3. Seal (emblem) - Wikipedia

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   If a letter is folded and sealed correctly, a wax seal can eliminate the need for an envelope as demonstrated in the above picture. Applied seals, by contrast, were originally used to seal a document closed: that is to say, the document would be folded and the seal applied in such a way that the item could not be opened without the seal being ...

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   #12 Seal The Deal In Style: Snag Your Own Wax Seal Stamp Kit & Impress! Review: ... Really nice picture and the grid is easy to read the letters for the color identification. Highly recommend if ...

5. Letterlocking - Wikipedia

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   In 1603 King James told the Venetian diplomat Giovanni Carlo Scaramelli, with a smile, that he had previously received letters from the Doge of Venice which he could not open without breaking the seal. Scaramelli opened the letter for him. [7] Intricate letterlocking works contain artistic elements, demonstrating more than a utilitarian purpose ...

6. Letter sheet - Wikipedia

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   Opened up 1628 lettersheet showing folds, address and seal, with letter being written on the obverse. In philatelic terminology a letter sheet, often written lettersheet, is a sheet of paper that can be folded, usually sealed (most often with sealing wax in the 18th and 19th centuries), and mailed without the use of an envelope, or it can also be a similar item of postal stationery issued by a ...

7. Bulla (seal) - Wikipedia

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   A bulla (or clay envelope) and its contents on display at the Louvre. Uruk period (4000–3100 BC).. A bulla (Medieval Latin for "a round seal", from Classical Latin bulla, "bubble, blob"; plural bullae) is an inscribed clay, soft metal (lead or tin), bitumen, or wax token used in commercial and legal documentation as a form of authentication and for tamper-proofing whatever is attached to it ...