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  2. Postcard - Wikipedia

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    Return postcards consist of a single double-size sheet, and cost double the price of a usual postcard – one addresses and writes one half as a usual postcard, writes one's own address on the return card, leaving the other side blank for the reply, then folds and sends.

  3. Self-addressed stamped envelope - Wikipedia

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    A self-addressed stamped envelope ( SASE ), [1] [2] stamped self-addressed envelope ( SSAE ), [3] or stamped addressed envelope ( SAE) [4] is an envelope with the sender's name and address on it, plus affixed paid postage, that is mailed to a company or private individual.

  4. Stamped envelope - Wikipedia

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    Stamped envelope. A 2 centavos stamped envelope with embossed Columbus indicium and 3c adhesive postage stamp from Cuba to Norway ca. 1904. A stamped envelope or postal stationery envelope ( PSE) is an envelope with a printed or embossed indicium indicating the prepayment of postage. It is a form of postal stationery .

  5. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    Postage due stamps were issued for some time and were pasted by the post office to letters having insufficient postage with the postage due to be paid to the postal carrier at the receiving address.

  6. Intelligent Mail barcode - Wikipedia

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    The Intelligent Mail Barcode ( IMb) is a 65-bar barcode for use on mail in the United States. [1] The term "Intelligent Mail" refers to services offered by the United States Postal Service for domestic mail delivery. The IM barcode is intended to provide greater information and functionality than its predecessors POSTNET and PLANET.

  7. Facing Identification Mark - Wikipedia

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    The Facing Identification Mark, or FIM, is a bar code designed by the United States Postal Service to assist in the automated processing of mail. The FIM is a set of vertical bars printed on the envelope or postcard near the upper edge, just to the left of the postage area (the area where the postage stamp or its equivalent is placed). The FIM is intended for use primarily on preprinted ...

  8. Envelope - Wikipedia

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    Envelope. Front of an envelope mailed in the U.S. in 1906, with a postage stamp and address. Back of the above envelope, showing an additional receiving post office postmark. An envelope is a common packaging item, usually made of thin, flat material.

  9. Postage stamp paper - Wikipedia

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    A sheet of National Telephone Company postage stamps. Postage stamp paper is the foundation or substrate of the postage stamp to which the ink for the stamp's design is applied to one side and the adhesive is applied to the other. The paper is not only the foundation of the stamp but it has also been incorporated into the stamp's design, has ...

  10. File:Definitive stamp & Parcel Post size comparison.jpg

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  11. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    The United States issued its first postage stamps in 1847. Before that time, the letters' rates, dates, and origins were written by hand or sometimes in combination with a handstamp device.