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Wrapper (philately)

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148:, advocating the payment of a penny upon an unstamped newspaper sent by post, stated: "...to put an end to any objections that might be made as to the difficulty of collecting the money, he would adopt the suggestion of a person well qualified to give an opinion on the subject—he alluded to Mr Knight, the publisher. That gentleman recommended that a stamped wrapper should be prepared for such newspapers as it was desired to send by post, and that each wrapper should be sold at the rate of 1d by the distributors of stamps..." 49: 28: 197: 176:
In the early days of philately it was the practice to cut the stamp out and dispose of the rest of the wrapper with the result that some intact wrappers are now rare. Today, collectors prefer to collect the whole wrapper as it may have postal markings that provide interesting additional information.
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All the countries which issued wrappers have now discontinued producing them due to the declining usage. The US removed them from the official schedule on 9 October 1934 though left over stock was sold for a few years thereafter. Most countries stopped production by 1940, some of the last countries
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Some countries permitted businesses and individuals to submit their own plain or printed sheets for impressing with an imprinted stamp. In Great Britain numerous businesses availed themselves of this facility and since anyone could use this service it resulted in private individuals producing
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cancellation of 10.00 AM 27 November 1901, just five days after the Queen's death. It bears an Augsburg received mark on the back (not shown) dated 29 November showing the journey to have taken only two
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Stamped-to-order wrappers are also known from Australia, Austria, Bavaria, France, Germany, New South Wales, Switzerland, Tasmania and Wurttemberg
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is considered as the first person to propose the use of stamped wrappers or as the "inventor". He made the proposal in 1834 in a letter to
457: 289: 397: 554: 145: 137: 221:"philatelic" wrappers. The stamping-to-order facility was introduced in Great Britain in 1855 and withdrawn in 1973. 559: 140:, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Following this in the course of the debate on 22 May 1834, in the House of Commons, 133: 119: 48: 260: 40: 141: 81: 57: 84:. The wrapper is a sheet of paper, large enough to wrap around a folded or rolled newspaper and with an 209: 123: 185: 157: 305:
Collect British Postal Stationery. A Simplified Listing of British Postal Stationery 1840 to 2007
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Catalog of the 20th and 21st Century Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers of the United States
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The first country to issue wrappers was the United States in October 1861, followed by
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to pay the cost of postage. Some catalogs and reference books refer to a wrapper as
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around the stamp, the embossed stamp is dated 13.1.1882, postmarked with a special
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stampdomain.com Article on wrappers and images. Long list of web links.
130:(1870), Great Britain (1870), in total 110 countries issued wrappers. 127: 165: 540:
Wurttemberg Stamped to Order Newspaper Wrappers for Die Briefmarke.
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The Newspaper & Almanac Stamps of Great Britain & Ireland
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Guide to the Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers of the United States
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Stamps cut from whole postal stationery items are known as
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Postal Stationery Newspaper Wrapper Catalogue, Vol. I-III
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Bibliography of literature about Newspaper Wrappers
497:Higgins & Gage World Postal Stationery Catalog 332:Higgins & Gage World Postal Stationery Catalog 52:A wrapper issued in 1899 overprinted SPECIMEN. 8: 357:Sir Rowland Hill the Story of a Great Reform 93: 444: 442: 282:The Collectors' Guide to Postal Stationery 255:Postal stationery wrappers offer challenge 327: 325: 76:which pays the cost of the delivery of a 244: 56:and similar items were supplied to the 500:, 19 volumes covering the whole world. 257:in Linns.com Refresher Course section" 184:, and if used for postal purposes as 7: 469:Philatelic Stamped to Order wrappers 448:Chandler, John H & Dagnall, H, 25: 92:which comes from the French term 284:, A Squirrel Publication (1997) 98:. Still others refer to it as a 504:Kosniowski, Jan (18 Jun 2019). 152:to cease issuing wrappers were 35:one penny wrapper addressed to 1: 412:, Third Edition, UPSS, 2011. 319:, p127, The Dietz Press, 1940 60:for distribution to members. 398:Hansard Report, 22 May 1834 576: 370:Postal Stationery Wrappers 344:Grosser Ganzsachen-Katalog 120:North German Confederation 481:British Postal Stationery 39:, Bavaria with a Bristol 408:Undersander, Dan, Ed.; 386:Chats on Postage Stamps 216:postmark for W H Smith. 555:Philatelic terminology 342:Ascher, Dr Siegfried, 280:Van Gelder, Peter J.; 217: 142:Matthew Davenport Hill 94: 61: 58:Universal Postal Union 45: 315:Perry, Thomas Doane, 199: 51: 30: 206:W H Smith & Son 144:MP, brother of Sir 355:Smyth, Eleanor C, 218: 104:periodical wrapper 62: 46: 18:Newspaper wrappers 560:Postal stationery 515:978-1-9161309-3-7 418:978-0-9800112-8-9 303:and Colin Baker, 100:newspaper wrapper 74:postal stationery 31:A folded British 16:(Redirected from 567: 519: 484: 477: 471: 466: 460: 446: 437: 434:Stamp Collecting 427: 421: 406: 400: 395: 389: 379: 373: 366: 360: 353: 347: 340: 334: 329: 320: 313: 307: 298: 292: 278: 272: 271: 269: 268: 259:. Archived from 249: 210:advertising ring 202:Stamped to Order 192:Stamped-to-order 97: 21: 575: 574: 570: 569: 568: 566: 565: 564: 545: 544: 526: 516: 503: 492: 490:Further reading 487: 478: 474: 467: 463: 447: 440: 428: 424: 407: 403: 396: 392: 380: 376: 367: 363: 354: 350: 341: 337: 330: 323: 314: 310: 301:Alan K. Huggins 299: 295: 279: 275: 266: 264: 251: 250: 246: 242: 234:Newspaper stamp 230: 194: 174: 116:New South Wales 112: 86:imprinted stamp 54:Specimen stamps 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 573: 571: 563: 562: 557: 547: 546: 543: 542: 537: 532: 525: 524:External links 522: 521: 520: 514: 501: 491: 488: 486: 485: 479:Huggins, A K, 472: 461: 452:, p265, 1981, 438: 422: 401: 390: 382:Melville, Fred 374: 361: 348: 335: 321: 308: 293: 273: 253:"Klug, Janet; 243: 241: 238: 237: 236: 229: 226: 193: 190: 173: 170: 134:Charles Knight 111: 108: 95:bandes postale 41:squared-circle 33:Queen Victoria 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 572: 561: 558: 556: 553: 552: 550: 541: 538: 536: 533: 531: 528: 527: 523: 517: 511: 507: 502: 499: 498: 494: 493: 489: 482: 476: 473: 470: 465: 462: 459: 458:0-907630-00-6 455: 451: 445: 443: 439: 435: 431: 430:Mackay, James 426: 423: 419: 415: 411: 405: 402: 399: 394: 391: 387: 383: 378: 375: 371: 365: 362: 358: 352: 349: 345: 339: 336: 333: 328: 326: 322: 318: 312: 309: 306: 302: 297: 294: 291: 290:0-947604-07-3 287: 283: 277: 274: 263:on 2012-04-06 262: 258: 256: 248: 245: 239: 235: 232: 231: 227: 225: 222: 215: 211: 207: 203: 198: 191: 189: 187: 183: 178: 171: 169: 167: 163: 159: 155: 149: 147: 143: 139: 135: 131: 129: 125: 121: 117: 109: 107: 105: 101: 96: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 72:is a form of 71: 67: 59: 55: 50: 42: 38: 34: 29: 19: 505: 495: 480: 475: 464: 449: 433: 425: 409: 404: 393: 388:, 1911, p 97 385: 377: 369: 368:Dagnall, H, 364: 359:, 1907, p189 356: 351: 343: 338: 331: 316: 311: 304: 296: 281: 276: 265:. Retrieved 261:the original 254: 247: 223: 219: 204:wrapper for 201: 179: 175: 164:in 1990 and 150: 146:Rowland Hill 138:Lord Althorp 132: 113: 103: 99: 90:postal bands 89: 69: 63: 483:, p31, 1970 436:, p26, 1980 372:, 1993, p42 182:cut squares 549:Categories 267:2010-12-02 240:References 172:Collecting 82:periodical 214:precancel 168:in 1991. 160:in 1984, 156:in 1980, 154:Australia 78:newspaper 66:philately 228:See also 186:cut-outs 162:Barbados 126:(1869), 124:Victoria 122:(1868), 118:(1864), 37:Augsburg 346:, 1925. 158:Ireland 128:Romania 110:History 70:wrapper 512:  456:  416:  288:  166:Cyprus 80:or a 44:days. 510:ISBN 454:ISBN 414:ISBN 286:ISBN 102:or 64:In 551:: 508:. 441:^ 432:, 384:, 324:^ 200:A 106:. 68:a 518:. 420:. 270:. 20:)

Index

Newspaper wrappers

Queen Victoria
Augsburg
squared-circle

Specimen stamps
Universal Postal Union
philately
postal stationery
newspaper
periodical
imprinted stamp
New South Wales
North German Confederation
Victoria
Romania
Charles Knight
Lord Althorp
Matthew Davenport Hill
Rowland Hill
Australia
Ireland
Barbados
Cyprus
cut squares
cut-outs

W H Smith & Son
advertising ring

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