US376954A - hertz - Google Patents

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bearing a postage-stamp and an envelope prof UNITED STATES *PATENT OFFICE."

JAooB HERTGZ, oFVLoNDoN, nivefLAivD.4 t

/ PAPETERIE.-

SPECIFICATION forming prr of Letters Parent No. 376,954. dared January 24, 1888. f

- Applicaties mea Auguste, 1887. serial Numara. (No model.) i

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I,A JACOB HERTZ, a. Subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing in the city of London, England, merchants agent, have'invented new and useful Improvements in Papeterie, of which the following is aspeciflcation.

. My invention consistsv in a new article of manufacture of 4papeterie composed of a combined letter-sheet or piece of writingpaper vided with a hole or perforation, the stamp being so arranged on the paperV and the per` fol-ation so located in the envelopefthat when the paper is properly inserted in the envelope the stamp will appear through the perforation of the envelope. i

By this invention the purchaser of a piece of paper and envelope such as I have described will be prevented from using the envelope without the paper, except he chooses to waste the stamp upon the paper. By my invention I enable persons engaged in -the business' of advertising to issue letter-paper and enveiopes with the assurance that advertisements'printed upon the letter will reach not only thepur chaser of the paperiand envelope, but alsofthe recipient of any message for which the paper and envelope may be used.

As the advertiser or advertising agent has this assurance, he can afford to pay to the Govthe difference in cost, and hence a profit,

'ernment full prices for the postage-stamps requisite for the transmission' of the letter inclosed inran envelope, and yet be'enablcd to` sellv the paper and envelope t0 others for use at a less price than the Government charges.

He may secure a remuneration lgreater than f invention for less than the Govern ment charges for the same,the invention inures to the benefit of the public by saving some of the usual cost for paper, envelopes, and stamps, and thisadvantage is not in any way prejudicial to the cle.

Government, because it does not :reduce the Government charges for postage.

In the accompanyingv drawings, Figure 1A illustrates an envelope and notefpaper blankx adapted for use in carrying 4out my improve` ment. sheet of paper completed ready for sale and use. Fig. 3 represents the sheet of note-paper Fig. 2 illustrates pan envelopeand,

'act of being inserted into theenvelope.- Fig.

5 shows the article ready for being posted.

Fig. showsan envelope-blank and sheet of '65 Similar letters of referencedesignate corre' Y spending parts in ally the figures. Y

Referring tothe rst example in my invention, I will explain thata piece of paper is rst made'in the form shown in Fig. 1;? At b and', I form'holes of a size and form-corre'fl ,sponding to a postage-stamp, and ,I .affix or' impress the stamp upon the fourth section or portion of the note-paper part h of the article.' I have shown they stamp in dotted outline at c.

g. is a connecting-piece between the'. envelf ope part and the notepaper parth ofthe arti-` Theflaps d d having been foldedover the body portion e of the envelope and gummed togethenas represented in Fig. 2, the article will then be ready for sale and use.v .Whenthe letter has been written, the notepaper part is intended to be folded, as vshown in'Fig. 3, and

slipped into the envelope part, theconnecting piece g being in that operationloent .or curled up, as shown in Fig. 4. The iiapf having f been finally gummed down, the article'is ready an ordinary letter in anienvelope, exceptthat be for posting, and will'ha-ve the appearance yof j the stamp shows through the envelope, as in-` Y dicated at c, Fig. 5. f Y

In the other example of 'my improvement,

whichisshown in Figs. 6 and 7 the iaps d'cl are arranged close to theflap f and foldedthe reverse way, so thatlthe holeb may be formed only through one thickness of paper instead of through two thicknesses, as in' the first-described example Vof my improvement.

- I'Ihe connecting-piece g maybe used for advertisements. The place for aixing orplac- Y ing Vthe stamp will preferably be marked dur' 6c 'partlvfolded Fig. 4 shows the paper -n the 'f ing the manufacture, or its register with the hole b will be insured by any other suitable or Well-known means.

Instead of the note-paper part h, I may use writing-cards, New Years cards, or other cards printed on or ornamented in any desired manner. The note-paper part h may be of other forms and shapes than those shown, and the outer contour may be square or rectangular. and of other proportions than as shown.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, pape` terie consisting of a combined letter-sheet or piece of writing-paper and an envelope provided with a hole or perforation, said letter sheet or paper bearing a postage-stamp, the

stamp being so arranged on the paper and the perforations so located in the envelope that when the paper is properly inserted into the velope, the stamp being so arranged on the writing-paper and the perforation so located in the envelope that when the paper is properly inserted into the envelope its stamp will appear through the perforation of the envelope, substantially as specified.

JACOB HER'IZ.

Vitnesses:

GEO. J. B. FRANKLIN, HERBERT E. DALE, Both of 17 Gracechurch Street, London, E. U.

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