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Postal stationery
Stationery item with imprinted stamp / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A piece of postal stationery is a stationery item, such as a stamped envelope, letter sheet, postal card, lettercard, aerogram or wrapper, with an imprinted stamp or inscription indicating that a specific rate of postage or related service has been prepaid.[1][2] It does not, however, include any postcard without a pre-printed stamp,[3] and it is different from freepost for preprinted cards issued by businesses. In general, postal stationery is handled similarly to postage stamps; sold from post offices either at the face value of the printed postage or, more likely, with a surcharge to cover the additional cost of the stationery.[4] It can take the form of an official mail issue produced only for the use of government departments.[4][5]
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