Wrapper (philately)

A folded British Queen Victoria one penny newspaper wrapper addressed to Augsburg, Bavaria with a Bristol squared-circle cancellation of 10.00 AM 27 November 1901. It bears an Augsburg received mark on the back (not shown) dated 29 November showing the journey to have taken only two days.

In philately a newspaper wrapper is a form of postal stationery which pays the cost of the delivery of a newspaper.

The wrapper is a sheet of paper, large enough to wrap around a folded or rolled newspaper and with a pre-printed stamp to pay the cost of postage.

In the early days of philately it was the practice to cut the stamp out and dispose of the rest of the wrapper with the result that some intact wrappers are now rare. Today, collectors prefer to collect the whole wrapper as it may have postal markings that provide interesting additional information.

Stamps cut from whole postal stationary items are known as cut-outs or cut squares.

Further reading

• Higgins & Gage World Postal Stationery Catalog, 19 volumes covering the whole world.

External links

• Bibliography of literature about Newspaper Wrappers
• stampdomain.com Article on wrappers and images. Long list of web links.

See also

Newspaper stamp