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  letter-card

  noun

  a large postal card, with gummed edges, that can be folded lengthwise and sealed with the message inside.
• letter card
  letter card

  noun

  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

letter-card

American  

[let-er-kahrd] / ˈlɛt ərˌkɑrd /

noun

British.

1. a large postal card, with gummed edges, that can be folded lengthwise and sealed with the message inside.

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letter card British  

noun

1. 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

2. 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

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Etymology

Origin of letter-card

First recorded in 1890–95

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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 A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson

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 Clifton Armstrong Howes

Next morning he wrote a letter-card and posted it on his way to the shop.

From Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

At the post office he stopped and wrote a letter-card.

From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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 Clifton Armstrong Howes

April cherished every single letter, card, and picture Hunter sent her.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2024

The new 2 cent letter card was chronicled in the Monthly Journal for 31st January, 1898, so it is safe to assume that it appeared in December, 1897.

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton Armstrong Howes

Aunt Kate Shenstone came unannounced, unheralded by letter, card, or telegram.

From The Second Chance by Nellie L. McClung

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 Clifton Armstrong Howes

They gave her a letter card, and she wrote at the counter, with the scratching office pen.

From Barnaby A Novel by R. Ramsay