Name/Title
Mailer with letterEntry/Object ID
2023.2.124 A-BScope and Content
A brown mailer with a short note and invoice inside to Mrs. C. Nelson Hillex, St. Joseph, Missouri, from J. B. Leach, postmarked United Nations New York, OCT 13 1953.Context
A.
The letterhead is from Overseas Mailers, Ltd. Hicksville, New York dated FEB 23 1953. It is folded so as to read the message; the top and bottom edges are taped together. It reads:
Dear Mrs. Hillex
Herewith for your inspection, entirely without obligation to buy,
is a group of 11 priced samples of typical, multi-colored "Rainbow
Covers", all wrapped in heavy #150 DuPont acetate jackets with
research writeups, six cents' return postage, and mailed to you from
the U. N. Building in New York City by special arrangement, with
United Nations' postage. If you need as long as 30 days to remit,
by all means take them . . . .
. . . . . .$3.35
Kindest regards
J. B. Leach
B.
The mailer has the return address of Overseas Mailers, Ltd. There are a number of stamps:
a brown 10¢ stamp with United Nations written in several languages along the borders. It pictures a group of people looking at the sun which is the U. N. logo; Two green 1½¢ stamps with pictures of the U.N. building and logo; a purple 2¢ stamp with the U.N. logo in the middle and banners surrounding it that read 'PEACE JUSTICE SECURITY' on the right and 'FAIX JUSTICE SECURITE' on the left. Printed on the mailer os "Kindly Do Not Bend"Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
EnvelopeNomenclature Secondary Object Term
Stamp, PostageNomenclature Primary Object Term
Container, DocumentNomenclature Primary Object Term
StampNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing AccessoriesNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Class
Exchange MediaNomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Dimension Notes
5½" X 8"Dimension Notes
5" X 7½"
