The first known envelope was nothing like the paper envelope we know of today. It can be dated back to around 3500 to 3200 B.C. in the ancient Middle East. Hollow, clay spheres were molded around financial tokens and used in private transactions. The two people who discovered these first envelopes were Jacques de Morgan in 1901, and Roland de Mecquenem in 1907.

1. Commercial & Administrative Correspondences
Report about
Special parts of Envelopes
Supervised by prepared by
Mohamed AbdulQader M. Shaban J. Shareef
2715 2015
KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT -IRAQ
MINISTORY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
DUHOK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNICAL COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING TECHNIQUES

2. History of envelopes
The first known envelope was nothing like the
paper envelope we know of today. It can be
dated back to around 3500 to 3200 B.C. in the
ancient Middle East. Hollow, clay spheres were
molded around financial tokens and used in
private transactions. The two people who
discovered these first envelopes were Jacques
de Morgan in 1901, and Roland de Mecquenem
in 1907.

3. Tablet and its sealed envelope :
Employment contract Girsu Sumer cirsa 2037
BCE.
terra cotta Museum of fine Arts of Lyon.

4. Red envelopes are an example of paper envelopes :
In imperial China paper envelopes were used for
monetary gifts.

5. Envelopes:
Business firms usually use envelopes of the
same quality as their paper; they are printed
with the name and logo in the top left—hand
corner of the reverse side. Envelopes are
manufactured in various shapes and size.

6. Here are some examples:

7. Commercial envelope:
Most popular takes A4 sheet folded twice.

8. A window envelope:
Has a cut out panels through which the address
can be read.

9. AIR MAIL envelope:
With red and blue border, and are printed with
the words BY AIR MAIL in bottom left corner.

10. Policy Envelopes:
Used for insurance polices , bonds, mortgages,
and legal papers.

11. Catalog Envelopes :
Large envelopes used for catalogs magazines,
folders, reports and more.

12. Coin Envelopes :
Small envelopes used for coins, small parts, and
more. Most coin envelopes are not mail Able.

13. Addressing Envelopes:
The three important requirements of addressing
are:
• Accuracy
• Clearness
• Good appearance

14. To ensure speed delivery:
• Type the name and address in the part of the
envelope starting from the middle. The
Blocked Style is recommended
• Type your correspondent’s full name and
address, post town followed by the post code
• Type the post town in Block capitals and the
country name in full.

15. • Fix the stamps on the right-hand corner.
• Mailing notations should be typed in Block
Capitals and underlined. e.g. PERSONAL,
CONFIDENTAL.
• If there is an attention line in the inside
address it should be typed in a similar way to
the inside address.
• Use one single space when typing the address
on the envelope.