Corner card (philately)

1899 postal stationery envelope from U.S. occupied Cuba with an imprinted special request corner card of Miro y Otero.
1899 postal stationery envelope from U.S. occupied Cuba with an imprinted partial request corner card.
Detroit Engine Works envelope showing not only the standard name and address in the corner card, but also a fancy advertisement with a photograph of one of its products.

The term corner card means the wording, sometimes with a pictorial feature, in the upper left hand corner of a postal stationery envelope[1] or an envelope designed to have regular adhesive stamps affixed to it. It is there for the purpose of stating the sender's return address to facilitate the return of undeliverable mail.[2]

There are four general classifications of corner cards:[2]

References

  1. Van Gelder, Peter J.; The Collectors' Guide to Postal Stationery, A Squirrel Publication, Shrewsbury, UK (1997) ISBN 0-947604-07-3
  2. 1 2 3 Krieger, George T.; The Postal Stationery of the Possessions and Administrative Areas of the United States of America; United Postal Stationery Society, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9800112-3-4.
  3. 1 2 3 Slawson, George C., Editor; The Postal Stationery of the Possessions of the United States; United Postal Stationery Society, 1957.
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