A card for conveying short messages and information in the nature of a postal card or the like. The card defines a front and back surface suitable for receiving printed material. A crease is formed in the card so as to define a flap rotatable about the crease. The flap carries a perforated tab having a sealing material thereon for sealing the flap permanently against the balance of the card so as to obscure the written message from view. The tab is perforated whereby in order to view the message the tab is separated along the perforations from the flap thereby exposing the message. Disposed about the peripheral edge of the flap are areas containing a second temporary sealing material which also may hold the flap in a folded position temporarily for marketing display purposes whereby the flap is non-destructively releasable from its temporarily sealed position.
A remailable postcard includes a front side and a back side. The front side would be used in the initial mailing to indicate the original addressee and contain the necessary postage. The back side would have the portion indicating the address of the return addressee. In addition, return postage would be provided on the back side. The return addressee portion would be at least partially covered by a removable label or flap. The card also contains a tear off strip along the edge having the original postage. When the original addressee wishes to return the card the label or flap would be removed to expose the return addressee information and the tear off strip would be detached to remove the original postage. The back side of the card would then contain the necessary postal information to permit the card to be remailed.
A system for mailing an article requiring special services and a method for forming a mailpiece having an interior for carrying an article requiring special services are provided. The system includes an integrally formed envelope and form constructed from a single sheet folded and sealed in such a way that one portion of the assembly provides an envelope and the other portion provides a return postcard and at least one other form for attachment to the envelope in its assembled position. The parts are integrally formed, but removably attached, such that the return postcard remains attached to the envelope until received by the addressee at which time the return postcard may be removed. Alternatively, the system may be constructed from two sheets appropriately sealed.
A confidential sheet in the form of a sealed letter, postcard or the like and having a sheet body bearing the information to be concealed on one surface thereof, the confidential sheet being formed in a lapped state by folding the sheet body in at least two with the information bearing surface inside. The body comprises means for preventing the information from being seen through from outside. A paper for preparing the confidential sheet has a body bearing information on one side thereof and comprising means for preventing the information from being seen through the other side thereof. A continuous form for successively making a plurality of sealed letters, postcards or like confidential sheets bearing concealable information, the body of the form bearing the information on one side thereof and comprising means for preventing the information from being seen through the other side thereof. A document sheet for preparing a sealed letter, postcard or like confidential sheet bearing concealable information, the body of the document sheet bearing the information on one side thereof and comprising means for preventing the information from being seen through the other side thereof.
