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• Envelope manufacture — Envelope production, whether by hand or by machine, involves the manufacture of envelopes to carry mail. Nearly all of the estimated 450 billion envelopes made each year worldwide are machine made.History of envelopesPrior to 1845, hand made… …   Wikipedia

• envelope — en‧ve‧lope [ˈenvələʊp ǁ loʊp] noun [countable] a thin paper cover in which you put a letter ˌpadded ˈenvelope an envelope filled with soft material that is used for sending things which can easily be damaged ˌself adˌdressed ˈenvelope written… …   Financial and business terms

• Stamp collecting — is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects, such as covers (envelopes or packages with stamps on them). It is one of the world s most popular hobbies, with estimates of the number of collectors ranging up to 20 million in the United… …   Wikipedia

• Envelope — This article is about envelopes in packaging. For other uses, see Envelope (disambiguation). Front of an envelope mailed in the U.S. in 1906, with a postage stamp and address …   Wikipedia

• stamp — ▪ I. stamp stamp 1 [stæmp] noun [countable] 1. also postage stamp a small piece of paper that you buy and stick onto an envelope or package before posting it: • a 29 cent stamp • Care must be taken that the correct postage …   Financial and business terms

• stamp — I n. postage stamp 1) to put, stick a stamp on (an envelope) 2) to lick, moisten a stamp 3) to issue a stamp (the post office has issued a new commemorative stamp) 4) to cancel a stamp 5) an airmail; commemorative; postage; revenue; tax stamp 6)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• stamp — stamp1 [ stæmp ] noun ** ▸ 1 for paying (for mailing) ▸ 2 for printing mark ▸ 3 putting foot down hard ▸ 4 particular quality ▸ 5 particular type 1. ) count a small official piece of paper that you buy and stick on an envelope to pay for the cost …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• stamp */*/ — I UK [stæmp] / US noun Word forms stamp : singular stamp plural stamps 1) [countable] a small official piece of paper that you buy and stick on an envelope to pay for the cost of posting a letter or a parcel a first class/second class stamp a… …   English dictionary

• envelope — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bulky, fat, thick ▪ large, small ▪ sealed ▪ return (AmE), self addressed …   Collocations dictionary

• stamp — stamp1 S2 [stæmp] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(mail)¦ 2¦(printed mark)¦ 3 the stamp of something 4¦(payment)¦ 5¦(tax)¦ 6 of ... stamp 7¦(with foot)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(MAIL)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• stamp — [[t]stæ̱mp[/t]] ♦♦♦ stamps, stamping, stamped 1) N COUNT A stamp or a postage stamp is a small piece of paper which you lick and stick on an envelope or package before you post it to pay for the cost of the postage. → See also food stamp ...a… …   English dictionary