Dahlke envelope

noun

Dahlke envelope

noun

/ˈdɑːlkə ˈɒnvəloʊp/ · /ˈdɑːlkə ˈɛnvəloʊp/

Etymology After its designer Benjamin Dahlke. In use in the late 1920s, the name was patented in 1929.

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An airmail envelope with a distinct pattern of spaced diamonds in alternating red and blue colours around the outer edge.

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