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2. Envelope - Wikipedia

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   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 sheet sides ...

3. Building envelope - Wikipedia

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   The building envelope or enclosure is all of the elements of the outer shell that maintain a dry, heated, or cooled indoor environment and facilitate its climate control. Building envelope design is a specialized area of architectural and engineering practice that draws from all areas of building science and indoor climate control. [ 2]

4. Windowed envelope - Wikipedia

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   Windowed envelope. US Patent 701,839 for a windowed envelope. Modern envelope with a single window for the recipient address. A windowed envelope is a conventional envelope with a transparent (typically PET or BOPS Bi-oriented polystyrene [ 1] plastic film) window to allow the recipient's address to be printed on the paper contained within.

5. Stamped envelope - Wikipedia

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   Stamped envelope. A 2 centavos stamped envelope with embossed Columbus indicium and 3c adhesive postage stamp from Cuba to Norway ca. 1904. A stamped envelope or postal stationery envelope ( PSE) is an envelope with a printed or embossed indicium indicating the prepayment of postage. It is a form of postal stationery .

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. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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   Because of the elaborate process necessary for the full-color printing, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing contracted with a private firm, the American Bank Note Company, to produce the series - the first U. S. stamps to be printed by a private company since 1893. Uniquely among U. S. issues, the sheets lack the plate numbers usually printed ...