![]() 1942-1945 Object number 2007.2004.78.1-.44 Type Postal Stationery Medium paper cardboard ink Dimensions Other (.78.1-.43): 23.5 x 14.3cm (9 1/4 x 5 5/8in.) Other (.78.44): 24.1 x 3.2 x 16.2cm (9 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 6 3/8in.) Place of Origin Chicago, Illinois Place United States of America See more items in National Postal Museum Collection National Postal Museum Associated Event World War II Topic World War II (1939-1945) Customers & Commerce Record ID npm_2007.2004.78.1. The Government Printing Office (GPO) produced this free stationery and marked it with the agency’s name. Use our online design tool to craft stationery perfect for penning thank you notes for every gift you receive. Patrons could get two sheets per day from their local post office. To further encourage Americans to use V-Mail, the Post Office Department and the military made the stationery available for free to the armed forces and civilians. Franking comprises all devices, markings, or combinations thereof ('franks') applied to mails of any class which qualifies them to be postally serviced. Such V-Mail supplies were widely sold in neighborhood stores and helped quickly expand the distribution of the specialized letter writing materials. The permit number was generally placed in the bottom right margin in this case, it is number 1. The 8.5 by 11 inch page had to be of uniform weight, grade, and grain in order to properly work in the microfilm machinery that reduced V-Mail for speedy and lightweight shipping to and from soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen serving overseas. Turn off Outlook stationery and themes Click the File tab. Under Choose a Theme, click the theme or stationery that you want, and then click OK. In the New group, click New Items, point to Email Message Using, and then click More Stationery. Year 7 Year 12 Suggested Stationery List. Apply Outlook stationery and themes to a single message Click the Home tab. During the Second World War private companies with postal permits manufactured V-Mail letter sheets meeting strict specifications for printing and paper quality. Parents will be notified in due course of the amount of the stationery and the cost will be deducted from students’ e-Payment account. The large red “V” and the letter’s “._” Morse code designation advertise the product’s patriotic association with America’s war efforts. Object Details Description This blue fiberboard box contains V-Mail stationery produced by the Wessel Company of Chicago, Illinois. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.
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