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  2. Billet reading - Wikipedia

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    Billet reading, or the envelope trick, is a mentalist effect in which a performer pretends to use clairvoyance to read messages on folded papers or inside sealed envelopes. It is a widely performed "standard" of the mentalist craft since the middle of the 19th century.

  3. Envelope - Wikipedia

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    An envelope is a common packaging item, usually made of thin, flat material. It is designed to contain a flat object, such as a letter or card. Traditional envelopes are made from sheets of paper cut to one of three shapes: a rhombus, a short-arm cross or a kite. These shapes allow the envelope structure to be made by folding the sheet sides ...

  4. Bulla (seal) - Wikipedia

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    A bulla (or clay envelope) and its contents on display at the Louvre. Uruk period (4000–3100 BC).. A bulla (Medieval Latin for "a round seal", from Classical Latin bulla, "bubble, blob"; plural bullae) is an inscribed clay, soft metal (lead or tin), bitumen, or wax token used in commercial and legal documentation as a form of authentication and for tamper-proofing whatever is attached to it ...

  5. Philatelic cover - Wikipedia

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    A philatelic cover is an envelope prepared with a stamp(s) and address and sent through the mail delivery system for the purpose of creating a collectible item. Stamp collectors began to send mail to each other and to themselves early on, and philatelic mail is known from the late 19th century onward.

  6. Envelope (film) - Wikipedia

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    Envelope is a 2012 American short film directed by Aleksey Nuzhnyy and stars Kevin Spacey. It is inspired by true events of Soviet publicist and writer Yevgeny Petrov . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

  7. Imprinted stamp - Wikipedia

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    In philately, an imprinted stamp is a stamp printed onto a piece of postal stationery such as a stamped envelope, postal card, letter sheet, letter card, aerogram or wrapper. [1] The printing may be flat upon the surface of the paper, or embossed with a raised relief. [2] An imprinted stamp is also known as unadhesive stamp [3] or indicium. [1]

  8. The 2024 Envelope Actresses Roundtable: The power of 'No' - AOL

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    Danielle Deadwyler, Cynthia Erivo, Demi Moore, Saoirse Ronan, Zoe Saldaña and Kate Winslet on standing their ground, the downside of box-office hits and crying during press tours.

  9. World War II postal acronyms - Wikipedia

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    They were usually written on the back of an envelope. [1] The acronyms, possibly including some more recent additions, include: S.W.A.L.K. — Sealed With A Loving Kiss. A variant is S.W.A.K. ("Sealed With A Kiss"). [2] V.E.N.I.C.E. — Very Excited Now I Caress Everywhere [3] E.G.Y.P.T. — Eager to Grab/Eagerly Groping/Grasping Your Pretty ...