Hand stitching and a wax seal (1)
The postal worker in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan hand stitched a linen wrapper for my box, then sealed it with hot wax and the official seal of the Kyrgyz Postal Service.
In the The postal adventures of a Kyrgyz saddle photo essay.
3 responses
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Aubrey's Oma gave props (28 Dec 2008):
How cool. Do they always do that?
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Jane Keeler said (28 Dec 2008):
They seem to only do it on large packages above a certain size/weight. The process takes forever, as there's generally only one woman working there...
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Teresa gave props (28 Dec 2008):
FABULOUS, Jane!
