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26. Letter locking and Star Wars stamps
Episode 26
Any new acquisitions?
John-
Nock Co Waxed Canvas Brasstown
Jeweler's loupe, and brass shims for tuning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxHM6JjScRs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwrV1Qb1vp0
What projects are we working on?
Evan- Postal Bulletin _ postmark
Evan’s January postmarks started getting delivered March 4th
John- fountain pen tuning
Getting back to sealing with clear sealing wax out of a glue gun and dried flowers
Dr. Chien Shiung Wu stamp and sending it off for postmark
What is going on in the stationery world?
Jana Dambrogio has been busy!
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/opening-sealed-letters-study-scn/index.html
Videos on this fold! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_awvL2O4PVY
Even made NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/science/locked-letters-unfolding.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
Stamps we haven’t mentioned yet that are coming out soon. New postal bulletin won’t be out till after recording (for new postmarks)
https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-droid-stamps
New non-machinable (75c) stamp
https://store.usps.com/store/product/buy-stamps/colorado-hairstreak-75-cents-S_121204
Diamine Reddit ink (don’t know if there is a show preferred store to link to for something so available):
https://vanness1938.com/products/diamine-writers-blood-reddit-ink-project?variant=37562926858415
https://www.diamineinks.co.uk/detail.aspx?prodcode=DIA%20110
Letterlocking projects we have already done
John- Dagger lock
Evan- A.Dumbledor
One of our listeners, Janet Faughtwill be puting on a Letter Locking class in June
https://societyforcalligraphy.org/event-4187067
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