Double use express mail envelope

Claim 1

A double use mailing envelope comprising a pocket including parallel first and second panels having remote first and second ends, said pocket being open at said first end, first and second closure flaps hingedly connected to respective ones of said first and second panels at said open end for sequentially closing said pocket, said closure flaps being of different widths with said second closure flap being of a greater width than said first closure flap and including a sealing strip area spaced greater from said first end than the width of said first closure flap, whereby said first closure flap may be first folded away from said open first end followed by sealing of said open first end by said second closure flap which overlies and conceals said first closure flap, followed by opening of said pocket and by reclosing of said pocket utilizing said first closure flap, and a removable label panel partially overlying said first panel spaced from said first end, said removable label panel being positioned below said first folded position of said first closure flap and forming that portion of said envelope to which said second closure flap is secured in the sealing of said pocket open end.