Improved Combined Note Paper and Envelope for Advertising Purposes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Apr., 1889
Specification Accepted, 18th May, 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Combined Note Paper and Envelope for Advertising
Purposes.
I, GEORGE SEARLE of 76 Great Portland Street, London, Gentleman, 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 and
accompanying drawings :-
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This Invention consists in so cutting and forming and folding a piece of paper that
it may be doubled up into the form of an envelope and sealed for dispatch by post.
I purpose to have that part of my combination upon which the address is written
stamped by Her Majesty's Inland Revenue with a penny or other required value
stamp. Upon such portions of my combined Note Paper and Envelope as I do not
use for writing I let out for advertisements and by means of the monies, or value
received for these advertisements I am enabled to sell my stamped combination at
less than the cost price of the paper and stamp. I cut and fold my paper in many
different manners and styles of which I here give illustration in the accompanying
drawings, all of which parts are marked with the like letters of reference throughout.
The strong lines show the outline of the paper and the dotted lines shew the folds
into which the paper is folded so as to make it up into an envelope.
In Figure 1. A, A, A, A, shews the letter paper for writing and B forms the
back part of the envelope upon the front of which the address is written, and C, C,
are the flaps to same. Any part of the Letter paper may be reserved for advertise-
ments and a further flap to envelope part may be added above back of same if
desired. All these large flaps I hereafter call Primary flaps and small flaps hereafter
to be referred to I call secondary flaps.
In Figure 2 the Primary flaps A¹ A' are intended alone for advertisements and
not for written matter.
In Figure 3. A, A, A, is the note paper B the envelope portion and, C. C
Primary flaps. The space A' may be used for advertising purposes.
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econdary flaps here formed to further assist in securing the paper in position when
t is folded over. These secondary flaps may extend either the whole length of the
heet to which they are attached, or only for a given portion of such length and I do
ot limit myself to a particular form of cutting and forming this secondary flap.

page_text: Figure 4, is a further variation of my said Improvements.
Figures 5, 6, 7, 8 are still further developements and variations of my said
improvements.
Figure 9, is a perspective sketch of a form of my combined Note Paper and
envelope shewing the same partially folded.
Figure 10 and 11 shew the front view of envelope when the whole combination is
folded up.
As my Improvements are capable of some modifications without departing from
the principle thereof I do not restrici. myself to materials, dimensions, or to the
precise form or placement of the parts thereof.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of my said improve-
ments and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is-
(1) A combined note Paper and envelope substantially as herein before described
in this specification and illustrated by the accompanying drawings for the purposes
set forth in the title to be sold at a cheaper rate than the value of the Postal
stamp embossed thereon.
(2) The use of secondary flaps for further securing the letter paper when folded
up as a part of my Improved combined note paper and envelope for advertising
purposes.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.