Improvements in Means for Holding and Facilitating the Storage and Delivery of Postage Stamps in connection with Coin Operating or Automatic Delivery Machines.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 30th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Holding and Facilitating the Storage and
Delivery of Postage Stamps in connection with Coin Operating
or Automatic Delivery Machines.
We, ARTHUR HOLLINSHED of 13 Bedford Place Russell Square Gentleman
and JOSEPH FRAZER of 57 Holborn Viaduct Merchant both in the County of
Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in means for holding and facilitating the
storage and delivery of postage stamps in connection with coin operating or
automatic delivery machines and has for its object to prevent the postage stamp
being carried away by a gust of wind or otherwise similarly lost upon delivery
whilst at the same time affording the purchaser a ready means of access thereto.
For this purpose we employ a note or memorandum book within which a stamp
is placed as heretofore proposed and we then place the note book within an unsealed
envelope so as to form a flat package of convenient shape for delivery by an
automatic machine.
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Instead of placing the postage stamp loosely between the pages of the book as
heretofore we form a slit or slits in the cover or in one of the pages of the book
and disposed either vertically horizontally or diagonally and we introduce the
postage stamp into the slit or slits but so as to leave a considerable part thereof in .
view and in position to be grasped by the finger and thumb when it is desired to
remove and utilize the stamp.
In preparing the books for delivery by an automatic machine the book with the
stamp in position is placed within its envelope and the stamp will thus be securely
held in place and protected from atmospheric influence.
Some of the pages of the note book we utilize for advertisements which
represent an important source of revenue whilst others of the pages we leave
plain for the reception of memoranda so that the book may be retained for that
purpose or a person wishing to send a hasty note or message through the post
can obtain a package from the machine remove the book from the envelope, write
the message upon one or more of the memorandum pages replace the book in the
envelope and address and dispatch the package in the ordinary manner of a
letter.
Dated this 28th day of February 1891.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Holding and Facilitating the Storage and
Delivery of Postage Stamps in connection with Coin Operating
or Automatic Delivery Machines.
We ARTHUR HOLLINSHED of 7 Montague Place but formerly of 13 Bedford
Place Russell Square in the County of Middlesex Gentleman and JOSEPH FRAZER
of 22 Croxted Road West Dulwich in the County of Surrey formerly of 57 Holborn
Viaduct in the County of Middlesex Merchant do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention relates to improvements in means for holding and facilitating the
storage and delivery of postage stamps in connection with coin operating or

page_text: automatic delivery machines and has for its object to prevent the postage stamp
being carried away by a gust of wind or otherwise similarly lost upon delivery
whilst at the same time affording the purchaser a ready means of access thereto.
For this purpose we employ a note or memorandum book to carry a postage stamp
as heretofore proposed and we place the note book within an unsealed envelope
so as to form a flat package of convenient shape for delivery by an automatic
machine.
Instead of placing the postage stamp loosely between the pages of the book as
heretofore we form a slit or slits in the cover or in one of the pages of the book
and disposed either vertically, horizontally or diagonally and we introduce the
postage stamp into the slit or slits, but so as to leave a considerable part thereof in
view and in position to be grasped by the finger and thumb when it is desired to
remove and utilize the stamp.
In preparing the books for delivery by an automatic machine the book with the
stamp in position is placed within its envelope and the stamp will thus be securely
held in place and protected from atmospheric influence.
Some of the pages of the note book we utilize for advertisements which
represent an important source of revenue whilst others of the pages we leave
plain for the reception of memoranda so that the book may be retained for that
purpose or a person wishing to send a hasty note or message through the post can
obtain a package from the machine remove the book from the envelope write the
message upon one or more of the memorandum pages replace the book in the
envelope and address and dispatch the package in the ordinary manner of a
letter.
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect we will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully
to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
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Figure 1 represents a side view of the memorandum or note book showing the
book closed and a postage stamp in position upon the outside thereof.
Figure 2 is a front view representing the book open in order to show the
arrangement of the advertisement and memo pages.
Figure 3 is a view showing the book closed and partially inserted in its
envelope.
Figure 4 is a face view of the complete package and
Figure 5 is an edge view thereof.
Figure 6 is a similar view to Figure 2 but showing the postage stamp attached
to one of the inside pages and
Figures 7 and 8 are side views of the book representing slight modifications.
In the several figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
Referring to Figures 1 to 5 a represents the note book a represents the cover
thereof represents an advertisement page and c represents a plain page upon which
memoranda may be written, such plain pages c being alternated with advertisement
pages 6 throughout the book.
b
a² represents a diagonally disposed slit formed in the cover a¹ in which the
postage stamp d is inserted in such manner as to leave a considerable part thereof
in view and in position to be grasped by the finger and thumb when it is desired to
remove and utilize the stamp d.
The memorandum book a thus prepared is placed in an unsealed envelope e as
shown more particularly at Figures 3, 4, and 5 and the stamp d will thus be
securely held in place and protected from atmospheric influence whilst a flat
package is thus formed of convenient shape for delivery by an automatic
machine.
Some of the pages of the note book are utilized for advertisement which
represent an important source of revenue whilst others c of the pages we leave
plain for the reception of memoranda so that the book a may be retained for that

page_text: purpose or a person wishing to send a hasty note or message through the post can
obtain a package from an automatic machine, remove the book a from the
envelope e write the message upon one or more of the memorandum pages 6 replace
the book a in the envelope e and address and dispatch the package in the ordinary
manner of a letter.
b
In the example given at Figure 6 the slit a² is formed in one of the pages c of
the book a so that when the book a is closed the stamp d will be completely covered
up independently of the envelope e.
In the examples given at Figures 7 and 8 the position of the slit a² is varied
that is to say in the former of these figures it is represented as being vertically
disposed whilst in the latter it is shown horizontally arranged but it will be
evident that the location and arrangement thereof may be varied to suit different
requirements.
In the example given at the upper part of Figure 8 two slits a disposed parallel
to cach other are employed and the postage stamp d is inserted in both slits a² for
better security.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In means for holding and facilitating the storage and delivery of postage
stamps a book formed with a slit or slits in the cover or one of the pages thereof
to receive and hold a postage stamp substantially as herein shown and described
and for the purpose stated.
2. In means for holding and facilitating the storage and delivery of postage
stamps a book formed with a slit or slits in the cover or one of the pages thereof
to receive and hold a postage stamp in combination with an envelope to enclose
the book and stamp substantially as herein shown and described and for the
purpose stated.
Dated this 30th day of November 1891.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.