Combination Stationery, being Envelope, Note and Blotting Paper Combined.
Year: 1894

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Combination Stationery, being Envelope, Note and Blotting
Paper Combined.
ROBERT EATON, 113, Hyde Park Road, Headingley, Leeds, Yorks, Post Office
Clerk do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
The envelope is provided with four flaps, various shapes, the lower edges of the
side flaps gummed, the outer or closing flap gummed, and the flaps left loose,
ready for use. It contains one or more sheets of note-paper, secured inside the
envelope with wire, gum, paste sewing or any other method found to be convenient,
Each
also a loose sheet of blotting-paper with or without advertisements on.
complete envelope not to exceed the limit of weight allowed by the various letter
rates of postage. Made in any size, shape, colour or quality of material which
may be found suitable.
I claim that the combination envelope, note and blotting paper combined to be
a novelty in construction and method of securing as heretofore described.
I claim the loose sheet of blotting paper it contains used either as an advertising
medium or otherwise as a novel feature of this arrangement.
I also claim this to be a novelty of the combination, that the amount of postage
required on each complete envelope, note and blotting paper combined, to be stated
on the box, cover, wrapper, label, or by other means according to the Inland and
Foreign letter rates of postage.
12th day of Antahau 1901
ROBERT EATON.
Combination Stationery, being Envelope, Note and Blotting
Paper Combined.
I ROBERT EATON 113, Hyde Park Road, Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, Post
Office Clerk, 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 :-
The envelope is provided with four flaps of various shapes, the lower edges of
the side flaps gummed, the onter or closing flap gummed, and the flaps left loose
ready for use.
It contains one or more sheets of note-paper secured inside the envelope with
wire, gum, paste, sewing, or any other method found to be convenient, also a loose
sheet of blotting paper, with or without advertisements.
Each complete envelope not to exceed the limit of weight allowed by the various
letter rates of postage.
Made of any size, shape, colour or quality of material which may be found
suitable.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I now refer to the annexed
drawings in which :-
Figure 1. is a perspective view of my invention open.
Figure 2. view of same closed.

page_text: The envelope a has four flaps b, c, d & e the two side flaps c &e are provided with
gummed edges at f, & the closing flap b is also provided with gummed edges
at g, are one or more sheets of note paper secured at i to the envelope by any
convenient means such as wire, gum, paste, and sewing, a loose sheet of blotting-
paper being provided.
The flaps b, c, d, e and loose sheet of blotting paper may have any desired
information or advertisements printed or marked thereon. The combined
envelope and paper may be made in various desired sizes weights and shapes and
materials, each size and weight of envelope and paper having the necessary
amount of postage marked thereon.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An envelope having four flaps and one or more shects of note paper and a
loose sheet of blotting paper combined with same the whole being of a desired
weight and having the necessary amount of postage marked thereon and other
information if desired.
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ROBERT EATON.