Mailing supplies

Mailing supplies are used with the mail system to send letters or items without the need to meet someone else in person. Mailing supplies consist of two core components: containers, which include envelopes and parcels, plus stamps, which include stampbooks as well as individual stamps.

Mailing supplies are sold in post offices in each town or city, with unique offerings available at each post office. In addition to mailing supplies, post offices often sell mail paper, mail signet rings, sealing wax, and unscripted writing quills.

Stampbook

Stampbooks hold a set number of stamps, typically 10, and can be purchased from a post office. A stampbook can be used to directly apply a stamp onto an envelope or parcel via PUT, or an individual stamp can be removed first via PULL. Stampbooks come in three mail speed varieties: standard, express, and first class.

Analyze

You analyze the honey yellow stampbook and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
This item is a stampbook.  You can PULL it to generate a stamp for use when mailing parcels through local post offices.  The stampbook can be altered in the following ways:

    * custom image added to stamp
    * 15/15/15 alteration
    * altering the adjective and article of stamps produced by the book

You get no sense of whether or not the stampbook may be further lightened.

SHOW

The stampbook is a stampbook holding 20 express stamps.  Express mail strikes a balance of speed and cost when mailing items.  Intricate artwork decorates each stamp:

The light pink stamp is covered with tiny daisies.

You can PULL the stampbook to produce a daisy-inked light pink stamp.

Usage

Verb	First	Third
PULL	You carefully pry a daisy-inked light pink stamp from your honey yellow stampbook.	XXX carefully pries a daisy-inked light pink stamp from her honey yellow stampbook.
PUT {STAMPBOOK} ON {MAIL}	You pull an individual stamp out of the stampbook to place on the envelope. You neatly place a daisy-inked light pink stamp on the front of a heavy green parchment envelope.	XXX neatly places a daisy-inked light pink stamp on the front of her green parchment envelope.

Stamp

An individual stamp can be PULLed from a stampbook and then applied to an envelope or parcel. Stamps come in three mail speed varieties: standard, express, and first class.

Analyze

You analyze the light pink stamp and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
This item is a stamp for use when mailing parcels through local post offices.  LOOK at it for more details.  It cannot be altered under any circumstances.

You get no sense of whether or not the stamp may be further lightened.

SHOW

The stamp is a common stamp meant to be used when mailing items to other adventurers.  Express mail strikes a balance of speed and cost when mailing items.  Intricate artwork decorates the stamp:

The light pink stamp is covered with tiny daisies.

Usage

Verb	First	Third
PUT {STAMP} ON {MAIL}	You neatly place a daisy-inked light pink stamp on the front of a heavy green parchment envelope.	XXX neatly places a daisy-inked light pink stamp on the front of her green parchment envelope.

Additional Information

Envelopes and parcels must have something inside in order to be sent via the mail system. Both mail paper and stationery paper work with mail system envelopes and parcels, although each type of paper has its own benefits and drawbacks.

Stamps applied to postcards are not displayed or indicated in any way on the postcard.

Stamp Speeds

Stamps and stampbooks come in three varieties: standard, express, and first class. Both the speed of delivery and the cost to mail it increases with each stamp type.

Costs of the Mail System

Stamp Designation	Delivery Speed	Stamp Cost	Envelope Cost	Parcel Cost	Per Pound Cost
Standard	60 min	2,500	300	800	25
Express	20 min	5,000	600	1,600	50
First Class	Immediate	10,000	2,400	4,800	200

Customizing

Mail system items can be combined to seal envelopes and parcels. This is done via a signet and wax compatible with the mailing system. Wax and signets can modify how the envelope or parcel looks. In addition, stamps are also displayed on the envelope or parcel, allowing for a wide range of customization.

Be sure to LOOK at envelopes received in the mail before opening them as they are destroyed in the process!

Envelope, Sealed

A heavy green parchment envelope is a parcel meant for sending letters or very small trinkets to other adventurers.  Affixed to the front is a daisy-inked light pink stamp marking the envelope as a piece of express mail.  The stamp is decorated with intricate artwork:

The light pink stamp is covered with tiny daisies.

An intact blob of pristine white wax imprinted with a sprig of aconite wreathing a coiled basilisk is affixed to the envelope.

Parcel, Broken Seal

Unlike envelopes, parcels are not destroyed when they are opened. As a result, if they have been sealed with wax and a signet, the broken seal is identified in the parcel's LOOK/SHOW description.

A string-bound oilcloth package is a parcel meant for sending items to other adventurers.  Affixed to the front is a daisy-inked light pink stamp marking the package as a piece of express mail.  The stamp is decorated with intricate artwork:

The light pink stamp is covered with tiny daisies.

A broken blob of pristine white wax imprinted with a sprig of aconite wreathing a coiled basilisk is affixed to the package.

Spent and Default Stamps

Stamps are single use. Once an envelope or parcel has been sent through the mail, the stamp on it changes appearance to note that it has been used already.

In addition, if a stamp has not been manually applied to an envelope or parcel prior to mailing it and instead the item has been mailed by paying the postmaster directly, the stamp on the outside of the envelope or parcel will not be decorated with intricate artwork. It will still have some sort of default appearance, but the additional lines noting that the stamp's details look like will be omitted.

A heavy green parchment envelope is a parcel meant for sending letters or very small trinkets to other adventurers.  It is addressed to XXX from YYY.  Affixed to the front is a small mint green stamp marking the envelope as a piece of mail, but the stamp appears to have been used already.

See Also

• Mail system
• Mail paper
• Mail signet

Mailing supplies Information Type Fluff Item Classification Miscellaneous Item(s) Applied to Envelope Parcel Stampbook Stamp Alterable Yes Light/Deep Original Release Year 2021 Corresponding Item Scripts Mail signet Restrictions See individual ananlyze info for restrictions.

Item Verbs CLOSE OPEN PULL PUT