List of stationery topics

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Embossed stationery

This is a list of stationery topics. Stationery has historically pertained to a wide gamut of materials: paper and office supplies, writing implements, greeting cards, glue, pencil cases and other similar items.

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Stationery topics

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An assortment of binder clips, with an AA battery for scale

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A sheet of carbon paper, with the coating side down

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A handheld embosser
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Information printed on embossing tape

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An index card in a library card catalog. In the computer age, this type of cataloging is now mostly obsolete.

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Liquid Paper products on display at The Women's Museum in Dallas, Texas

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Notebooks for sale at a department store

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A paper cutter
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A Bavarian postal card from 1895 with an imprinted stamp
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Some Royal Mail rubber bands, on top of letter size guide

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An exploded view drawing of a stapler
  • Stationers of the United Kingdom

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A simple tickler file

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Visiting card of Kaiser Wilhelm

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stationery</span> Writing materials

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Postal stationery</span> Stationery item with imprinted stamp

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stamped envelope</span> Type of postal envelope

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Office supplies</span> Consumables and equipment regularly used in offices

Office supplies are consumables and equipment regularly used in offices by businesses and other organizations, by individuals engaged in written communications, recordkeeping or bookkeeping, janitorial and cleaning, and for storage of supplies or data. The range of items classified as office supplies varies, and typically includes small, expendable, daily use items, consumable products, small machines, higher cost equipment such as computers, as well as office furniture and art.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cardmaking</span> Hobby craft

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greeting card</span> Piece of card with a picture and a message

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hipster PDA</span> Satirical pen and paper personal organizer

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tombow</span> Japanese stationery brand

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Studio cards</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gift wrapping</span> Surrounding a gift with material to conceal it

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paper</span> Material for writing, printing, etc.

Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses, or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through a fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distributed on the surface, followed by pressing and drying. Although paper was originally made in single sheets by hand, almost all is now made on large machines—some making reels 10 metres wide, running at 2,000 metres per minute and up to 600,000 tonnes a year. It is a versatile material with many uses, including printing, painting, graphics, signage, design, packaging, decorating, writing, and cleaning. It may also be used as filter paper, wallpaper, book endpaper, conservation paper, laminated worktops, toilet tissue, currency, and security paper, or in a number of industrial and construction processes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hallmark Cards</span> American company specializing in greeting cards and gifts

Hallmark Cards, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned American company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 by Joyce Hall, Hallmark was one of the oldest and largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. In 1985, the company was awarded the National Medal of Arts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Imprinted stamp</span> Stamp printed onto a piece of postal stationery

In philately, an imprinted stamp is a stamp printed onto a piece of postal stationery such as a stamped envelope, postal card, letter sheet, letter card, aerogram or wrapper. The printing may be flat upon the surface of the paper, or embossed with a raised relief. An imprinted stamp is also known as unadhesive stamp or indicium.

Forever Friends is a brand of Hallmark Cards, based on a Bear design. The Forever Friends bear can be found in 40 countries and in 15 languages.The bear was designed by artist Deborah Jones.

Lewis I. Cohen (1800–1868) was a major manufacturer in the playing card business during the nineteenth century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parchment craft</span> The art of embellishing and decorating parchment paper

Parchment craft, also known as Pergamano, is the art of embellishing and decorating parchment paper through the use of techniques such as embossing, perforating, stippling, cutting and coloring.

Bradner Smith & Company was a US paper manufacturer and dealer. It was established in Chicago, Illinois in 1853. In 2013, it was announced that Central National-Gottesman had acquired the assets and business of Bradner Central Company which operated Brander Smith.

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