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Knowledge / Postal Shipments / Shipments / Shipping Packagings |
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View postcard: postcard with a pictorial representation covering the entire back of the card |
Beer mat postal shipment: postal shipment made from a beer glass coaster |
Envelope: prefabricated envelope for receiving and sending letterhead |
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Women´s format: colloquial term for an envelope in a very small format |
Double-used envelope: envelope that was used twice (e.g. due to material shortages) |
Registered envelope: prefabricated envelope for sending a registered shipment |
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Folded letter: sheet of paper whose folded ends are inserted into each other and sealed |
Window envelope: prefabricated envelope with a cut-out rectangle with oil or glassine paper glued in through which the recipient´s information on the inserted letter is visible |
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Company evelope: envelope printed with the sender´s information and / or advertising from a commercial company |
Tissue envelope: envelope made of fabric (e.g. cotton, linen) |
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Wooden postcard: postcard made from thin softwood |
Illustrated envelope: envelope with a pictorial representation |
Letter-card: foldable letter sheet with gumed and perforated side edges to which it is glued together after writing on it. The rec-ipient separates the toothed edge to open it |
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Kitsch postcard: picture postcard with a tasteless and / or unartistic pictorial rep-resentation |
Leather postcard: postcard made from soft leather |
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Water-activated envelope: prefabricated envelope whose adhesive layer on the back is activated by the addition of moisture |
Provisionally envelope: provisionally postal shipment e.g. from an old form |
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Roll shipment: postal shipment that con-sists of a cardboard or plastic tube |
Self-adhesive envelope: prefabricated envelope whose flap is shut using an applied adhesive layer |
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Wrapper: paper tape for wrapping news-papers or printed matter for shipping |
Transparent envelope: envelope made from transparent plastic film |
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Decorative envelope: envelope that has been artistically decorated with a calli-graphic address, embossing and / or drawing |
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