Improvements in Connection with Post Cards.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1887.
Complete Left, 19th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 19th Apr., 1887.
Improvements in Connection with Post Cards.
I, ALBERT HASTINGS FARROW of 111 Earls Court Road, London S.W. Job Master
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
My invention is a simple contrivance to be used in conjunction with Post Cards in
order to check and record messages written on the said Post Cards.
To each Post Card I attach an addition made of some material suitable to be
written upon. The Post Card and the additional piece are to be numbered or marked
identically. The Post Card and additional piece may be attached to each other as in
cheque books the cheque and counterfoil are attached to each other, or the additional
piece may be attached above or beneath the Post Card so that by inserting a leaf of
Some suitable material the message and copy may be made in one operation.
A set of Post Cards with their additional pieces may be bound together, or the Post
Card and its additional piece can be made and used as one separate pair.
I, ALBERT HASTINGS FARROW of 111 Earls Court Road, London S.W. Job Master
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention is a simple contrivance to be used in conjunction with Post Cards in
order to check and record messages written on the said Post Cards.
To each Post Card I attach an addition made of some material suitable to be
written upon. The Post Card and the additional piece are to be numbered or marked
identically. The Post Card and additional piece may be attached to each other as in
cheque books the cheque and counterfoil are attached to each other, or the additional
piece may be attached above or beneath the Post Card so that by inserting a leaf of
Some suitable material the message and copy may be made in one operation.
A set of Post Cards with their additional pieces may be bound together, or the Post
Card and its additional piece can be made and used as one separate pair.
W. H. MUNNS,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Connection with Post Cards.
I, ALBERT HASTINGS FARROW of 111 Earls Court Road, London S.W. Job Master,
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:-
My invention is a simple contrivance to be used in conjunction with post cards in
order to check and record the messages written on the said post cards.
To each post card I attach an additional piece made of some material suitable to be
written upon. The post card and the additional piece are to be numbered or marked
identically. The post card and additional piece may be attached to each other as in
cheque books the cheque and counterfoil are attached to each other, or the additional
piece may be attached above or beneath the post card so that by inserting a loaf of
some suitable material, the message & copy may be written at the same time.
The
A set of post cards with their additional pieces may be bound together or the post
card and its additional piece can be made and used as one separate pair.
combined post cards and additional pieces may be bound together or otherwise attached
so that several cards are on one.page.
To show more clearly how my invention is carried into effect I furnish drawings in
which the same letters represent corresponding parts throughout.
Fig. 1 represents several post cards and additional pieces secured together as in a
cheque book.
Fig. 2 represents a post card and an additional piece attached so that one can be
conveniently placed under the other.
Fig. 3 represents bound together several pairs of post cards and their additional
pieces attached as in Fig. 2 and bound up together.
A is the post card.
B is the additional piece.
C is the line of attachment between A and B.
D is the mark identifying the post card and its additional piece.
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 :
1st. The combination of a post card and an additional piece to facilitate checking
and recording substantially as described.
2nd. The combination substantially as shown in Fig. 1..