Improvements in Envelopes and Postal Wrappers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 25th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 15th May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Envelopes and Postal Wrappers.
I, NEVILLE PERRIN EDWARDS, care of The Art Photograph and General
Publishing Company, of 102 Charing Cross Road in the County of Middlesex
Publisher do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to envelopes and postal wrappers which are especially
suitable for, Christmas cards, photographs and the like.
The envelope or wrapper consists of a sheet of card or other stiff material to
which flaps or a single Hap respectively of preferably more flexible material such as
paper are or is attached.
The free edges of the flaps are gummed so that they also can be secured to the
card to close the package.
Triangular cuts are made in the card forming tongues which serve to secure the
Christmas card or photograph and these cuts may be hidden from the outside by
a sheet of paper pasted on. Or the Christmas card or photograph can be prevented
from slipping out of the open ends of the wrapper by an elastic band whose ends
are secured to the card.
In some cases the gummed flap or flaps are omitted and the package is secured
by tying together the ends of an ornamental cord secured at its middle to the centre
of the card.
Dated this 27th day of June 1896.
NEVILLE P. EDWARDS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Envelopes and Postal Wrappers.
1, NEVILLE PERRIN EDWARDS, care of The Art Photograph and General
Publishing Company, of 102 Charing Cross Road, in the County of Middlesex,
Publisher, 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 :-
This invention relates to envelopes and postal wrappers which are especially
suitable for Christmas cards, photographs and the like.
The envelope or wrapper consists of a sheet of card or other stiff material to
which flaps or a single flap respectively of preferably more flexible material such as
paper are or is attached.
The free edges of the flaps are gummed so that they also can be secured to the
card to close the package.
Triangular or other shaped cuts are made in the card forming tongues which
serve to secure the Christmas card or photograph and these cuts may be hidden
from the outside by a sheet of paper pasted on. Or the Christmas card or photo-
graph can be prevented from slipping out of the open ends of the wrapper by an
elastic band whose ends are secured to the wrapper.

page_text: In some cases the gummed flap or flaps are omitted and the package is secured
by tying together the ends of an ornamental cord secured at its middle to the centre
of the card.
The annexed drawings illustrate two covers made in accordance with my
invention.
Figure 1 is a plan and Figure 2 is a side elevation of an open wrapper containing
a card.
a and b are the sides of the wrapper, the side a having fingers cc which serve to
secure the card d.
e and fare lines of perforations and gumming..
When the wrapper is to be used as an envelope other lines of perforations and
gumming are provided, so that they extend all round the cover.
Figure 3 is a plan and Figure 4 is a side elevation of an open envelope containing
a card.
g and h are the sides of the envelope and on the side g is gummed a pucket i
formed of flaps . k is a card in it.
1 m n and p are lines of perforations and gumming extending all round the
cover.
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
Envelopes and postal wrappers substantially as described and shown in the
drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of March 1897.
NEVILLE P. EDWARDS.