NEW SAFETY ENVELOPE.
From the days of antiquity it has always been a problem unsolved how to ensure the secrecy of letters. A Frenchman named ePhion claims, however, to have discovered the real method, which is as simple as the egg of Columbus. The invention is thus described. The envelope looks like an ordinary one, but the tongue is a kind of loop, prolonged so as to fit the gummed end to the upper right-hand corner, which is slit- The tongue is ,inserted and further fixed by the stamp being stuck over it. The system is simplicitely itself, and except by ripping open the envelope or tearing off the stamp it is impossible to get at the letter inside.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 22 May 1912, Page 7
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119NEW SAFETY ENVELOPE. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 22 May 1912, Page 7
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