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Stamped Envelope
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. United Kingdom The Sherborn Collection in the British Library Philatelic Collections is an important collection of 1841-85 Queen Victoria embossed 1d pink stamped envelopes. The collection was formed by C. Davis Sherborn and donated to the British Museum in 1913.The Sherborn Collection. British Library, 29 January 2012. United States 
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Postal Stationery
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. It does ''not'', however, include any postcard without a pre-printed stamp, and it is different from freepost for preprinted cards issued by businesses. In general, postal stationery is handled similarly to postage stamps; sold from post offices either at the face value of the printed postage or, more likely, with a surcharge to cover the additional cost of the stationery. It can take the form of an official mail issue produced only for the use of government departments.Horning, Otto; ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Stamp Collecting'' (1970). History Postal stationery has been in use since at least 1608 with folded letters bearing the coat of arms Venice. Other early examples include British newspaper stamps that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knife (envelope)
Knife is the cutting die for envelope or wrapper blanks. It is called a ''knife'' rather than a ''die'' because the latter is an object that makes an embossed printed impression of the stamp or indicium on the envelope.''Thorp-Bartels Catalogue of United States Stamped Envelopes'', Century Edition, 1954. Traditionally, a knife would normally be made of forged steel. It was placed on a stack of paper with the sharp edge against the paper. The press head forced the cutting edge all the way through the stack of paper. The cut blanks were removed from the knife and the process repeated. Not only could it cut out the odd shape of an envelope, but a knife could be used to cut out shapes of airmail stickers or gummed labels in the shape of stars or circles. The variety of shapes a knife could cut would be infinite. In philately, Thorp knife numbers were, and still are, used to indicate the height, width, shapes, and folds of envelopes generally numbered in the order of their discov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius (John) Murray Bartels
J. Murray Bartels (born Julius Murray Bartels; July 15, 1871 – October 5, 1944) was a New York City-based dealer and auctioneer of rare postage stamps. He was also well known for his knowledge of United States postal stationery. Family Barthels was born in Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia, one of six or so siblings born to Hermann Friedrich Bartels and Sally Innes Bartels. His father was born in Germany. Collecting interests Bartels was primarily interested in United States postal stationery and became an expert on the subject. He published the result of his studies in ''J.M. Bartels and Co.'s Catalogue and Reference List of the Stamped Envelopes, Wrappers and Letter Sheets'' in 1897, and several editions of ''Envelopes of the United States'', from 1910-38. In 1943, he published a two volume set on stamped envelopes and wrappers. He published philatelic literature on other philatelic subjects, such as, ''The Postage Stamps of the Philippines'' (co-authored with F.A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prescott Holden Thorp
Prescott Holden Thorp (April 28, 1887 – June 1981), of New Jersey, was a stamp dealer who was a recognized world-famous expert on stamped envelopes of the United States. Philatelic literature Thorp continued the work of Julius (John) Murray Bartels, editing the fifth edition of ''Bartels Catalogue of the Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers of the United States and Possessions''. In 1954 he completed a sixth edition and named it ''Thorp-Bartels Catalogue of the Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers of the United States''. Thorp wrote several other books on philately: ''Catalogue of the 20th Century Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers of the United States'', in 1968, and ''Complete Guide to Stamp Collecting'', in 1953. He also edited and published from 1949 to 1970 ''The U.S. Envelope World''. Honors and awards For his writings on stamped envelopes, Thorp received the Crawford Medal in 1945. He was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 1989. See also * Philately * Philatelic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
An illustrated stamped envelope (russian: Художественный маркированный конверт) is a stamped envelope 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. United Kingdom The Sherborn Collection in the British Library Phi ... with an additional work of art on the face side of the envelope. References {{reflistкаталог художественных маркированных конвертов (ХМК) СССР(Catalog of illustrated stamped envelopes of the Soviet Union, 1953–1991) Envelopes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corner Card (philately)
The term corner card means the wording, sometimes with a pictorial feature, in the upper left hand corner of a postal stationery envelopeVan Gelder, Peter J.; ''The Collectors' Guide to Postal Stationery'', A Squirrel Publication, Shrewsbury, UK (1997) or an envelope designed to have regular adhesive stamps affixed to it. It is there for the purpose of stating the sender's return address to facilitate the return of undeliverable mail.Krieger, George T.; ''The Postal Stationery of the Possessions and Administrative Areas of the United States of America''; United Postal Stationery Society, 2009, . There are four general classifications of corner cards: * ''Partial request'' corner cards are a mere outline, letting the sender fill in the number of days for an undelivered envelope to remain before return plus the sender's entire name and address, e.g. "After __ days, return to ...";Slawson, George C., Editor; ''The Postal Stationery of the Possessions of the United States''; Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postmark
A postmark is a postal marking made on an envelope, parcel, postcard or the like, indicating the place, date and time that the item was delivered into the care of a postal service, or sometimes indicating where and when received or in transit. Modern postmarks are often applied simultaneously with the cancellation or killer that marks postage stamps as having been used. Sometimes a postmark alone is used to cancel stamps, and the two terms are often used interchangeably. Postmarks may be applied by handstamp or machine, using methods such as rollers or inkjets, while digital postmarks are a recent innovation. History The first postmark, called the "Bishop mark", was introduced by English Postmaster General Henry Bishop in 1661 and showed only the day and month of mailing to prevent the delay of the mail by carriers. In England during the latter part of the 17th century, several postmarks were devised for use with the London Penny Post, a postal system that delivered mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wove Paper
Wove paper is a type of paper first created centuries ago in the Orient, and subsequently introduced to England, Europe and the American colonies in the mid-eighteenth century. Hand-made wove paper was first produced by using a wooden mould that contained a finely woven brass vellum (wire cloth), upon which the paper pulp was applied and dried, creating a smooth, uniform surface. Prior to the mid-nineteenth century, paper pulp consisted of cotton and linen rags that were mixed with water and reduced to a fibrous material that was applied to the mould. The appearance of wove paper differs from that of laid paper, which produced a more textured surface due to the manner in which the wire mesh within the paper mould was constructed. The traditional laid pattern consisted of a series of wide-spaced lines (chain lines) parallel to the shorter sides of the sheet and more narrowly spaced lines (laid lines) at right angles to the chain lines. While the technique of manufacturing w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laid Paper
Laid paper is a type of paper having a ribbed texture imparted by the manufacturing process. In the pre-mechanical period of European papermaking (from the 12th century into the 19th century), laid paper was the predominant kind of paper produced. Its use, however, diminished in the 19th century, when it was largely supplanted by wove paper. Laid paper is still commonly used by artists as a support for charcoal drawings. Traditional production Before the mechanization of papermaking, paper was made by hand, using a wire sieve mounted in a rectangular mould to produce a single sheet at a time. A papermaker would dip the mould into a vat containing diluted pulp of hemp or linen fibers, then lift it out, tilt it to spread the pulp evenly over the sieve and, as the water drained out between the wires, shake the mould to lock the fibers together. In the process, the pattern of the wires in the sieve was imparted to the sheet of paper. Up until the invention of wove paper around 1756, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cut-out (philately)
In philately a cut-out is an imprinted stamp cut from an item of postal stationery such as a postal card, letter sheet, aerogramme or wrapper that may have been used as a normal stamp. Historical aspects In Great Britain the postal use of cut-outs was banned under the Post Office Act of 1870. This prohibition was in force until 31 December 1904. In 1905, Herbert L'Estrange Ewen published a booklet "The Unadhesive Postage Stamps of the UK" meaning postal stationery cut-outs. Forms of cut-outs Cut Square A cut square has been cut in a square or rectangular shape. An alternative use of the term is simply any stamp, from sheets or postal stationery, cut in a square or rectangular shape and not cut to shape. It is distinguished from the ''entire'' (the complete postal stationery item) or the more common practice of earlier eras of '' cutting to shape'' by removing all of the paper apart from the imprinted stamp. A variant of the cut square is the ''full corner'' which is a cutting o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cut Square
In philately a cut-out is an imprinted stamp cut from an item of postal stationery such as a postal card, letter sheet, aerogramme or wrapper that may have been used as a normal stamp. Historical aspects In Great Britain the postal use of cut-outs was banned under the Post Office Act of 1870. This prohibition was in force until 31 December 1904. In 1905, Herbert L'Estrange Ewen published a booklet "The Unadhesive Postage Stamps of the UK" meaning postal stationery cut-outs. Forms of cut-outs Cut Square A cut square has been cut in a square or rectangular shape. An alternative use of the term is simply any stamp, from sheets or postal stationery, cut in a square or rectangular shape and not cut to shape. It is distinguished from the ''entire'' (the complete postal stationery item) or the more common practice of earlier eras of '' cutting to shape'' by removing all of the paper apart from the imprinted stamp. A variant of the cut square is the ''full corner'' which is a cutting o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
