Patent ID: 7426996

Claim:
A system for manual delivery of mail to a series of recipients, comprising a stack of mail holders each comprising a front flap, a back flap and a central fold; and one or more mail pieces disposed in each holder, wherein all of the mail pieces in each holder are to be delivered to the same recipient, and the holders are stacked in a predetermined order for a carrier delivery route, wherein the front and back flaps of each holder are folded about the central fold forming a folder so that the flaps are on opposite sides of the mail pieces, and in the stack the holders are stacked such that the back flap of one holder is in face-to-face relationship with the front flap of an adjacent holder, wherein each holder further comprises areas of releaseable contact adhesive on inner faces of the front and back flaps in positions effective to hinder mail in the holder from coming out of the holder until the holder is opened.