Pocketed mail bag

A pocketed mail bag having a back panel elongated from left to right and having top and bottom edges, a forward panel disposed across a lower portion of said back panel and secured thereto in a manner providing a plurality of pockets between said panels, a strap extending across the backside of said back panel and having a buckle-insertable portion extending outwardly at one of said sides of said back panel, said strap having a buckle-carrying portion extending from an opposite side of said back panel, said strap extending through said buckle and having a terminal portion extending back across the forward side of said front panel, a fastening device extending through said terminal portion of said strap and through said forward panel and through said strap portion behind said back panel for providing a strong fastening which impinges said strap portions firmly against the respective panels, said forward and back panels also having inwardly-turned edges through which said fastening device extends, said forward and rearward panels being secured together along upwardly extending lines providing said pockets.