Folded letter
A folded letter is from a sheet of paper folded letter and restores the original form is this shipping method. Faltbriefe were common when there was no separate envelopes were. The paper often consists of a folded double sheet of folded letter, outside for the address and inside for the letter text. For dispatch, the sheet was folded several times, put into each other, addressed and glued or sealed . The senders prevented unwanted reading by using special folding and locking techniques.
Bordeaux cover , one of the most expensive philatelic collectibles ever
The Eichstätt letter with a block of six black ones
Folded letter of pre-philately from 1628
literature
- W. Grallert: Lexicon of Philately. 2nd Edition. Phil * Creativ GmbH, Schwalmtal 2007, ISBN 978-3-932198-38-0 , page 131
- Large Encyclopedia of Philately , Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag 1978, Volume 1, Page 253
Web links
Wiktionary: Folded letter - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
