postal stationery

American  

noun

Philately.

1. an envelope, postal card, wrapper, or aérogramme, with the stamp printed directly on the paper.

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Example Sentences

Bernard collects Victorian "postal stationery," i.e., envelopes printed with grotesque designs and slogans in praise of temperance, penny postage and peace.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, the wilds of Africa, the distant islands of the Pacific and the tumultuous republics of Central America far outshine the cultured countries of the old world in their postal stationery.

From What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 by Luff, John N.

Having discussed the earliest forms of postal stationery, it will be interesting to examine certain of the adhesive stamps which claim notoriety on account of their positions as pioneers.

From Peeps at Postage Stamps by Johnson, Stanley Currie