Document carrier envelope

A document carrier envelope for protectively transporting a document through high speed processing equipment comprising:

• a. a front panel having an outside face imprinted with predetermined financial indicia readable by the high speed processing equipment and an unprinted inside face;
• b. a back panel joined to the front panel along a first fold line and having opposed transverse edges and a free longitudinal edge, the back panel having first fastening means applied to the margins thereof along the transverse edges and second fastening means applied thereto adjacent the first fold line, both fastening means being applied to the same panel face, the back panel being folded over along the first fold line into facing contact with the front panel inside face to join the front and back panels along the first and second fastening means;
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• c. a flap having a pair of opposed transverse edges and joined to the front panel along a second fold line, the flap being adapted to fold over onto the back panel along the second fold line, the second fold line being perforated, the flap having fastening means applied longitudinally thereto at a spaced distance from the second fold line, the flap defining a notch in at least one transverse edge thereof generally in the space between the second fold line and the flap fastening means, so that when the flap is folded over onto the back panel, the document carrier envelope is sealed along the four edges thereof and the notch provides an entry for receiving a tool for rapidly opening the document carrier envelope.