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  2. Envelope - Wikipedia

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    The two people who discovered these first envelopes were Jacques de Morgan, in 1901, and Roland de Mecquenem, in 1907. [citation needed] Paper envelopes were developed in China, where paper was invented by 2nd century BC. [11] Paper envelopes, known as chih poh, were used to store gifts of money.

  3. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847. [20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847. Remaining in postal circulation for only a few years, these issues were declared invalid for postage on July 1, 1851. [21]

  4. Postal history - Wikipedia

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    Postal history has become a philatelic collecting speciality in its own right. Whereas traditional philately is concerned with the study of the stamps per se, including the technical aspects of stamp production and distribution, philatelic postal history refers to stamps as historical documents; similarly re postmarks, postcards, envelopes and the letters they contain.

  5. Roland de Mecquenem (archaeologist) - Wikipedia

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    Discovering first known envelope [citation needed] Roland de Mecquenem (20 August 1877 – 1957) was a French archaeologist who took part in the excavations of Susa in Iran . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was a graduate of the École des Mines .

  6. Mail - Wikipedia

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    First-Class Mail in the U.S. includes postcards, letters, large envelopes (flats), and small packages, providing each piece weighs 13 ounces (370 g) or less. Delivery is given priority over second-class ( newspapers and magazines ), third class (bulk advertisements), and fourth-class mail (books and media packages).

  7. Stamped envelope - Wikipedia

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    The first result was the 1853 Nesbitt issues of stamped envelopes, which was named after the private contractor who produced them for the government. [2] When the different envelope sizes, knives, colors, dies to print the indicia, and denominations are combined, there are literally thousands of different stamped envelopes produced for the US. [3]

  8. Postal stationery - Wikipedia

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    1620 Venetian prepaid letter sheet. Postal stationery has been in use since at least 1608 with folded letters bearing the coat of arms Venice. Other early examples include British newspaper stamps that were first issued in 1712, 25-centime letter sheets that were issued in 1790 by the government of Luxembourg, and Australian postal stationery that predated more well known issues like the ...

  9. Postage stamp - Wikipedia

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    A first day cover usually consists of an envelope, a postage stamp and a postmark with the date of the stamp's first day of issue thereon. [69] Starting in the mid-20th century some countries began assigning the first day of issue to a place associated with the subject of the stamp design, such as a specific town or city. [ 70 ]