Patent ID: 6953207

Claim:
A sequentially placed shipping and packing label system adapted to be applied to a substrate, said system comprising: a packing list including a front side bearing customer and packing list information, a back side, a leading margin, a trailing margin, first and second side margins, said margins defining a packing list surface area, a first portion of said packing list being substantially free of adhesive on both the front side and the back side and having a length L and a width W, and a second portion having adhesive applied to at least a part of the back side thereof; and a shipping label separate and discrete from said packing list, said shipping label including a face side bearing customer address information, a rear side, a leading edge, a trailing edge, first and second side edges, said edges defining a shipping label surface area and lines of weakness defining a center section removable along said lines of weakness from a surrounding border portion, adhesive being applied to at least a portion of the rear side of said border portion, whereby the shipping label may be placed in registry with the packing list with the packing list margins inboard of the shipping label edges placed atop said packing list and with a segment thereof over said customer and packing list information, said shipping label surface area being greater than said packing list surface area, said segment being imperforate to hide said customer information and packing list information on said packing list, wherein the packing list includes a first longitudinally extending line of weakness extending substantially between said leading margin and said trailing margin, said first portion being separable from said second portion along said line of weakness.