Talk:Mulready stationery

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[edit] Really a letter sheet

This is usually referred to as the "Mulready envelope" although it's really a letter sheet.

The article says all of the presses were sheet fed. However, in 1835 Rowland Hill and one of his brothers invented a continuous feed press. Perhaps it wasn't a success?Fconaway 02:24, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Actually there were both Mulready lettersheets and envelopes. I am currently writing an article on lettersheets in general and you can see it here but it is not ready yet. I am not sure about your comment on continuous feed presses. ww2censor 21:02, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

If stationers saw the Mulready as a "threat to their livelihood" how is it that they went on to develop a market for propaganda envelopes ?

The Mulready was possibly seen as an innovative opportunity by printers provided the government did not retain control of illustrated envelopes across the board. There may be few examples left, but like today, the envelopes (or pre-shaped wrappers)would not have been printed in ones and twos; traditional printing press economics militate agains short runs.The lampoons could possibly be regarded as a forerunner to the comic postcards that appeared later in the century.

What evidence is there for machine-printed envelopes prior to the Mulready ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.194.111.218 (talk) 15:30, 5 October 2007 (UTC)