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Claim 1

A PACKAGE FOR CARDS, COMPRISING A PAIR OF MATING CARTONS EACH HAVING AN INTERNAL FLANGE, AND IN EACH CARTON, A SERIES OF CARDS HAVING SHOULDERED EDGES ENGAGED WITH SAID FLANGES AND RETAINED THEREBY, THE CARDS OF ONE CARTON BEING INTERLEAVED ALTERNATELY AND SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVELY WITH THE CARDS OF THE OTHER CARTON IN THE CLOSED PACKAGE, SAID FLANGE OF EACH CARTON BEING DEFECTABLE WHEREBY ONE CARTON IS ADAPTED TO REEIVE BOTH SERIES OF CARDS WITH THE FLANGE THEREOF ENGAGING THE SHOULDERED EDGES OF OTHER SERIES TO PREVENT REMOVAL THEREOF WHILE LEAVING THE OTHER SERIES FREE AND THE OTHER CARTON IS ADAPTED TO CLOSE THE PACKAGE BY BEING PLACED OVER THE CARDS IN JUXTAPOSITION WITH SAID ONE CARTON TO CAUSE THE FLANGE THEREOF TO ENGAGE THE SHOULDERED EDGES OF THE OTHER SERIES OF CARDS.