US5296279A
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Self adhesive postage stamp construction
Assignee: Avery Dennison Corp
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Filing: 1992-06-25
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Granted: 1994-03-22
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Expires: 2012-06-25
Abstract
Abstract There is provided herewith a postage stamp construction of currency size in which a first array of individually removable postage stamps are separated from the second array of individually removable postage stamps by a transverse peel strip.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert P. Birnbaum
- 👤 Alan Green
- 👤 Joseph Y. Peng
- 👤 Alim A. Fatah
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:25
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F3/00; G09F3/08; G09F3/10; G09F3/02; G09F2003/0202; G09F2003/023; G09F2003/0241; G09F2003/0264; G09F2003/0285; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/14; Y10T428/149; Y10T428/16; Y10T428/163; Y10T428/164; Y10T428/167; Y10T428/18; Y10T428/183; Y10T428/187; Y10T428/28
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
An arrangement of postage stamps which comprise a first array of nine individually removable postage stamps separated from a second array of nine individually removable postage stamps by a continuous peel strip, the combined first and second arrays of postage stamps and peel strip being of currency size, said arrays of said postage stamps and peel strip being adhered through a pressure sensitive adhesive to a release liner and formed by die cutting through a cancelable backing provided with postage information for each individual postage stamp printed thereon and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer to said release liner forming thereby said first array of postage stamps separated from a second array of postage stamps b a continuous peel strip extending across the width of the first and second arrays of postage stamps.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
An arrangement of postage stamps which comprise a first array of nine individually removable postage stamps separated from a second array of nine individually removable postage stamps by a continuous peel strip, the combined first and second arrays of postage stamps and peel strip being of currency size, said arrays of said postage stamps and peel strip being adhered through a pressure sensitive adhesive to a release liner and formed by die cutting through a cancelable backing provided with postage information for each individual postage stamp printed thereon and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer to said release liner forming thereby said first array of postage stamps separated from a second array of postage stamps b a continuous peel strip extending across the width of the first and second arrays of postage stamps.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
63 words
A construction as claimed in claim 1 in which the construction is rectangular having a length and width with three stamps of the first array of nine rectangular postage stamps on one side of the peel strip and three stamps of the second array of nine rectangular postage stamps on the opposite side of the peel strip each contiguous to the peel strip.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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