Postal Stationery
The postal stationery can be any item, including a letter sheet, a stamped envelope, lettercard, postcard, or any such element, along with an imprinted stamp that indicates that the service has been prepaid. However, it cannot be included with a postcard that comes without a pre-printed stamp.
Usually, the postage stationery is sold like the postage stamps from the post offices at their face value or the surcharge that might cover the additional cost of stationary. The government can print these stamps over printers along with private ones. However, the private ones can be found in many designs and denominations than the governmental ones.
Postal stationery is usually collected by the collectors, consisting of the card, whole sheet, or envelopes. In the 19th century, this collection was referred to as "cut squares" followed by the cutting of embossed indicia from the postal envelope. But at present, most of the collectors like to collect these stamps as entires and not as cut squares or cutouts.
