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2. Flats (USPS) - Wikipedia

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   To fit the definition a flat must: Have one dimension that is greater than 6-1/8 inches high OR 11-½ inches long (the side parallel to the address as read) OR ¼ inch thick. Be no more than 12 inches high x 15 inches long x ¾ inch thick. Weigh no more than 13 ounces. Furthermore, the item must be somewhat bendable: see the USPS Domestic Mail ...

3. Envelope - Wikipedia

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   Envelope. An envelope is a common packaging item, usually made of thin, flat material. It is designed to contain a flat object, such as a letter or card . Traditional envelopes are made from sheets of paper cut to one of three shapes: a rhombus, a short-arm cross or a kite. These shapes allow the envelope structure to be made by folding the ...

4. Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States

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   During the first seven weeks of the Civil War, the U.S. Post Office still delivered mail from the seceded states. Mail that was postmarked after the date of a state's admission into the Confederacy through May 31, 1861, and bearing U.S. (Union) postage is deemed to represent 'Confederate State Usage of U.S. Stamps'. i.e., Confederate covers franked with Union stamps. [4]

5. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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   The Post Office eventually adopted the grill, a device consisting of a pattern of tiny pyramidal bumps that would emboss the stamp, breaking up the fibers so that the ink would soak in more deeply, and thus be difficult to clean off. While the patent survives (No. 70,147), much of the actual process of grilling was not well documented, and ...

6. Postal stationery - Wikipedia

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   A piece of postal stationery is a stationery item, such as a stamped envelope, letter sheet, postal card, lettercard, aerogram or wrapper, with an imprinted stamp or inscription indicating that a specific rate of postage or related service has been prepaid. [ 1][ 2] It does not, however, include any postcard without a pre-printed stamp, [ 3 ...

7. Corner card - Wikipedia

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   1899 postal stationery envelope from U.S. occupied Cuba with an imprinted partial request corner card. Detroit Engine Works envelope showing not only the standard name and address in the corner card, but also a fancy advertisement with a photograph of one of its products. The term corner card means the wording, sometimes with a pictorial ...