a card, usually one on which the postage is prepaid, that is sealed by being folded in half so that its gummed edges come into contact with each other
a long card consisting of a number of postcard views, with space for writing a letter on the backs, that is folded like a concertina for posting
First recorded in 1890–95
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At the post office he stopped and wrote a letter-card.
From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Postmasters must distinctly understand that the exchange of stamps herein permitted applies only to the 3c. letter-card, the 3c. stamped envelope and 3c postage stamp.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong
But consideration for the feelings of anyone, even his own daughter, was to Billy the Bully quite incomprehensible, and he wrote back, on a letter-card, "Go on with the prosecution."
From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)
Next morning he wrote a letter-card and posted it on his way to the shop.
From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
Owing to the reduction in the Domestic letter rate of postage, the issue of the 3 c. letter-card, the 3c. stamped envelope and the 3 cent postage stamp from the Department has ceased.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong
April cherished every single letter, card, and picture Hunter sent her.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2024
They conformed in all respects to the 3 cent letter card issued two years and a half previously, except for the stamp.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong
They gave her a letter card, and she wrote at the counter, with the scratching office pen.
From Barnaby A Novel by Ramsay, R.
Aunt Kate Shenstone came unannounced, unheralded by letter, card, or telegram.
From The Second Chance by McClung, Nellie L.
The 2 cent letter card is chronicled in the Monthly Journal for 31st October, 1895, and the 1 cent in the same paper for the 30th November, 1895.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong
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