Improvements in and relating to Postal Wrappers and Envelopes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Postal Wrappers and Envelopes.
I JOHN ARTHURS ELSTOB of 4 Abchurch Yard King William Street in the
City of London Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This my invention relates to improvements in and relating to postal wrappers
and envelopes and my invention consists of a sheet of paper of a suitable size and
shape in which a letter invoice memorandum or other communication may be
enclosed and the said sheet folded upon it and secured by a gummed flap or other-
wise. The said sheet is so folded and secured that it is impossible to remove the
enclosure from the envelope or wrapper without mutilating or injuring the latter.
The said wrapper consists of a sheet of paper or other suitable material prefer-
ably tough and thin and which is rectangular in shape three sides thereof being
straight and the remaining side having a projecting portion to form the securing
flap which preferably takes the shape of an ordinary envelope flap and is gummed
or secured in the usual manner.
The said wrapper or envelope is intended also as an advertising medium and for
this purpose it is covered over on both sides with printed matter which it is
desired to circulate the said printed matter being however preferably omitted from
those portions of the wrapper which are visible when the same is closed or folded
for transmission by post. The wrapper is also divided into sub divisions by dotted
lines or otherwise so as to indicate in what manner the wrapper is to be folded and
the front face of the wrapper is embossed or otherwise stamped in conformity with
the postal regulations.
In order to ensure the perusal of the advertising matter upon the wrapper ]
propose to distribute with the wrappers circulated a coupon or ticket which shall
itself be included in the said printed matter and which the receiver of the
wrapper is instructed to detach therefrom and forward to a stated source when it
will be exchanged on payment named on coupon for a suitable article or substitute,
the payment named on the coupon being the same for any given class of article or
substitute.
The said coupon may be printed in any position upon the wrapper being prefer-
ably placed in an obscure position so as not to be readily found and thus cause
the recipient to peruse the printed matter. Preferably the wrapper will contain
a policy of insurance for, say, one hundred pounds, or more available for 7 days
from the date of the post mark, payable upon production of the wrapper.
Dated this 19th day of November 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Postal Wrappers and Envelopes.
I, JOHN ARTHURS ELSTOB, of 4 Abchurch Yard, King William Street, in the
City of London, Surveyor, 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 my invention relates to improvements in and relating to postal wrappers
and envelopes and my invention consists of a sheet of paper of a suitable size and

page_text: shape in which a letter, invoice, memorandum or other communication may be
enclosed and the said sheet folded up in it and secured by a gummed flap or
otherwise. The said sheet is so folded and secured that it is impossible to remove
the enclosure from the envelope or wrapper without mutilating or injuring the
latter.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 shews the wrapper open and
Fig. 2 the same partially folded.
The said wrapper as illustrated in the accompanying drawing A: consists of a
sheet of paper or other suitable material preferably tough and thin and which is
rectangular in shape, three sides thereof being straight and the remaining side
having a projecting portion to form the securing flap which may conveniently
take the shape of an ordinary envelope flap and may be gummed or secured in the
usual manner.
The said wrapper or envelope is intended also as an advertising medium and
for this purpose it is covered over on both sides with printed matter which it is
desired to circulate, the said printed matter being however preferably omitted
from those portions of the said wrapper which are visible when the same is closed
or folded for transmission by post. The wrapper is also preferably divided into
subdivisions by dotted lines or otherwise so as to indicate in what manner the
wrapper is to be folded and the front face of the wrapper is embossed or otherwise
stamped in conformity with the postal regulations.
In order to ensure the perusal of the advertising matter upon the wrapper I
propose to distribute with the wrappers circulated a coupon or ticket which shall
itself be included in the said printed matter and which the receiver of the wrapper
is instructed to detach therefrom and forward to a stated source when it will be
exchanged on payment named on coupon for a suitable article or substitute, the
amounts named on each of the several coupons being the same for any given class
of article or substitute.
The said coupon may be printed in any position on the wrapper being preferably
placed in an obscure position so as not to be readily found and thus cause the
recipient to peruse the printed matter. Preferably the wrapper will contain a
policy of insurance for say one hundred pounds or more available for 7 days from
the date of the postmark payable upon production of the wrapper.
My invention may also be adapted to wrappers for transmission of printed or
other matter allowed to be sent as "Book Post" under the regulations of the Post
Office and for a book packet the side extensions are dispensed with and the
matter left open for inspection at the ends.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The manufacture and use of a postal wrapper in combination with a coupon
substantially as hereinbefore described and set forth.
2. The combination of a postal wrapper having a coupon therein with a policy
of insurance substantially as herein before described and set forth.
Dated this 19th day of September 1892.
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.