Improvements in Reply Post Cards.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 25th May, 1891-Accepted, 27th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Reply Post Cards.
1, GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the firm of G. F. Redfern & Co., the
General Patent Office, No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of London,
Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
from abroad by Georges Marie Auguste Fillion, of 19 Place de la Madeleine,
Paris, in the Republic of France, Publicist) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an arrangement of closed reply post card or letter card
with reply card attached the latter being folded within the letter card when closed
and the cards being perforated in such a manner that the act of tearing open the
letter card causes the reply card to be detached therefrom, whereby the receiver of
a letter card also receives a prepaid reply card, ready for dispatch when only the
reply shall have been written thereon assuming that the sender has already written
thereon his own address.
The improved post card comprises four leaves or folds two of which form the
letter carl (properly so called) or portion used by the sender while the other two
leaves which are somewhat smaller than the first two constitute the reply card.
The letter card is perforated all round near its edge and the reply card is similarly
perforated and has in addition a row of perforations near the part where the two
cards join which latter perforations when the cards are folded together coincide
with one line of perforations of the letter card so that on the card being opened by
tearing it along the perforated parts the reply card will be severed or detached
therefrom.
The parts of the cards between the perforations and the edges are provided with
gum or the like.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Reply Post Cards.
I, GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the firm of G. F. Redfern & Co., the
General Patent Office, No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me by Georges Marie Auguste Fillion, of 19, Place de la Madeleine, Paris, in
the Republic of France, Publicist), and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
3 statement :-
This invention relates to an arrangement of closed reply post card, or letter card
with reply card attached, the latter being folded within the letter card when closed,
and the cards being perforated in such a manner that the act of tearing open the
letter card causes the reply card to be detached therefrom, whereby the receiver of
a letter card also receives a prepaid reply card, ready for dispatch when only the
reply shall have been written thereon, assuming that the sender has already written
thereon his own address.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is an exterior view of a reply post card arranged according to this

page_text: Figure 2 is an interior developed view of the same; and,
Figure 3 is an exterior view partly developed, the reply card being folded.
Similar letters in all the figures indiente similar parts.
The improved post card comprises four leaves or folds, two of which A, B form
the letter card (properly so called) or portion used by the sender, while the other
two leaves ('. D, which are somewhat smaller than the first two, constitute the
reply card. The leaf A is designed to receive the address of the letter card and
the leaf C the address of the reply card. Each of the cards has its postage stamp
printed thereon at and respectively. The letter card A, B is perforated all
round near its edge at m, n, n. p... and the reply card C, D is similarly
perforated at u, r. r, y, zh, und has, in addition, a row of perforations, near the
part where the two earls join, which perforations s, t, when the cards are folded
together, coincide with the lines op and m, of perforations of the letter
card A. B, so that on the card being opened by tearing it along the said perforated
part the reply card C. D will be severed or detached therefrom. The parts
of the cards between the perforations and the edges are provided with guin or
the like.
By this arrangement the person to whom the post card is addressed receives with
the letter card a prepaid reply card quite ready to be posted when the reply shali
have been written thereon. The sender may therefore reasonably count upon
receiving an immediate closel reply, written either in ink or pencil, as his or he
correspondent will not have the trouble of procuring writing paper, an envelope
and a stamp.
The reply card is opened by tearing it along the lines of perforations u, r, s, !;, -, '
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inver
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
claim is :-
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1. A reply post card, or letter card with reply card attached, in which the reply
card is folded within the letter card when closed, the cards being perforated in such
a manner that the act of tearing open the letter card causes the reply card to be
detached therefrom, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the
accompanying drawing.
2. The improved reply post card hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.