[Dx-qsl] Empty envelope from W3 buro

[Alan Zack]

When I was based in the Philippines I noticed a short time after I 
purchased them the glue was gone off stamps (yes, you used to have to 
lick stamps) and envelopes. Then one day I went to my office at night, 
turned on the lights, opened the desk drawer and found cockroaches 
eating the glue off the envelopes. This was my office at the embassy, 
not my home, so had little control over the pest control.
I never licked another stamp or envelope after that. I use glue sticks 
instead.
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Alan Zack
Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ
Official USCG Auxiliary Comm Station
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Delta Rocket Quality Engineer, The Boeing Company, Retired
Aviation Chief Warrant Officer,  U.S. Coast Guard, Retired
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Htorr at aol.com>
To: <andersonww5l at sbcglobal.net>; <ka3arf at yahoo.com>; 
<dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>; <thomaswylie at sky.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Empty envelope from W3 buro


>
> In a lot of countries with high humidity, Japan included, envelopes 
> with
> glued flaps tend to stick and seal themselves.
>
> Tom,  W6HT
>
>
> In a message dated 11/29/2009 11:31:57 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> andersonww5l at sbcglobal.net writes:
>
> Tom:
>
> I've gotten a lot of envelopes from JA-land with no way  to seal them,
> Never was any glue on the flap.  I've ended up having to go  find some
> cellophane tape just to make sure the flap stays closed.  Don't  know 
> why foilks send
> out envelopes with no way to seal  them.
>
>