Practical & Fine Arts
Printing Research from Vicki Betts' Newspaper Collection
NATCHEZ DAILY COURIER, October 18, 1861, p. 1, c. 2
A New Style of Letter Envelopes.--The 'envelope-letter' is a recent invention, and seems to be worth adoption in this Confederacy, as a most useful contrivance. We find it thus described:
It presents us three separate things in one, viz: a sheet of letter or note paper, an envelope and a postage stamp, all so simply put together that one may use them with more ease than he would the old envelope, the advantages are, first, that the whole costs less than the materials would separately, thus affecting an important economy for those who write many letters; second, the stamp cannot be stolen or rubbed off, which is a matter of some consequence when it is remembered that nearly a million of letters are returned to the United States Dead Letter office annually, that have suffered in this way, third, the postmark is always on the letter itself, which can therefore be used in courts of justice, as a legal proof or document, as to dates, contracts, etc. fourth, as the sheet, envelope and stamp are one, time and trouble are both saved in conducting a heavy correspondence.
STANDARD [CLARKSVILLE, TX], November 19, 1864, p. 1, c. 1
Paper---Ink,
Super Congress Letter paper.
Large size stamped Note paper.
Extra heavy large foolscap.
Large, tinted letter paper.
Ruled Folio Post, fine quality.
Best Maynard, & Noyes Ink.
All purchased before the war, and of better quality than is now introduced for sale. Will be sold at the Clarksville Post Office, for old issue of Confederate money, for a short time.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], May 31, 1865, p. 1, c. 1
Until we obtain a better article of ink, we can print on but one side of the sheet. Printing on both sides renders it illegible.