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Machine for folding envelopes

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Drawing of a Victorian steam driven printing machine


Envelopes became popular in Britain after the introduction of uniform penny postage when letters were charged by weight rather than the number of sheets of paper. This De La Rue envelope folding machine was shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851.


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