![Sealing wax that didn't survive](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5204/5374061995_1ab9cdd5b6.jpg)
I don't use sealing wax myself, but a lot of my correspondents and fellow letter-writers do. I've posted many times about beautiful wax seals I've received, but sometimes they don't make it through the mail. I gather there are more modern, supple kinds that are made to be flexible in our modern mail sorting machines; sometimes the old-school stuff is fine and sometimes it isn't.
![Wax seal destroyed in the mail](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5287/5374661240_84f3acdd1b.jpg)
This time it didn't survive very well... just an FYI for what it can look like when it gets smooshed by the sorting machines.