Stamp pouch

A stamp pouch comprising:

• a. at least two postage stamps connected by perforations, each postage stamp having a perforated free side edge and top and bottom edges;
• b. a top sheet made of a flexible material having a surface that is coated with a predetermined cohesive material and that is in facing contact with the postage stamps, the top sheet having first and second ends spaced apart at a length greater than the distance between the postage stamp top and bottom edges and side edges that are substantially coterminous with the associated free side edges of the postage stamps;
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• c. a back sheet made of a flexible material and having a surface that is coated with a predetermined cohesive material and that is in cohesion contact with the cohesive material on the top sheet with the postage stamps interposed therebetween, the back sheet having side edges and first and second ends that are substantially coterminous with the associated edges and first and second ends of the top sheet, the top and bottom edges of the postage stamps being intermediate the corresponding first and second ends of the top and back sheets to thereby create areas of cohesion between the top and bottom edges of the postage stamp and the corresponding first and second ends of the top and back sheets and between the perforations of the postage stamps.

A display article comprising:

• a. a postage stamp having top and bottom edges that define the postage stamp length and opposed perforated side edges;
• b. a top sheet made of a thin flexible material with first and second ends and having a first surface in facing contact with the postage stamp, the top sheet having a length between the first and second ends thereof greater than the postage stamp length and opposed side edges coterminous with associated postage stamp side edges, the top sheet first surface being generally coated with a predetermined cohesive but having an uncoated zone along the second end thereof;
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• c. a back sheet made of a thin flexible material and having a first surface in facing contact with the postage stamp and having first and second ends and side edges that are substantially coterminous with the corresponding ends and side edges of the top sheet, the back sheet first surface being generally coated with a predetermined adhesive but having an uncoated zone along the second end thereof, the first surfaces of the top and back sheets being in facing contact with each other with the postage stamp interposed therebetween and intermediate the first and second ends thereof, the top and back sheets cohering in the area between the respective first ends thereof and the postage stamp top edge and between the postage stamp bottom edge and the uncoated zones of the top and back sheets.

In combination with a postage stamp having a length defined by top and bottom edges and a width defined by perforated side edges,

• a wrapper for removably encasing the postage stamp comprising:
• a. a back sheet made of a thin flexible material having side edges that define a width substantially equal to the width of the postage stamp and first and second ends with a length therebetween greater than the length of the postage stamp, the back sheet having a first surface at least partially coated with a predetermined cohesive and being in facing contact with the postage stamp with the postage stamp lying intermediate the back sheet first and second ends and with the sheet side edges substantially aligned with the associated postage stamp side edges;
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• b. a top sheet made of a thin flexible material and having a first surface in facing contact with the back sheet first surface with the postage stamp interposed therebetween, the top sheet being coterminous with the back sheet, the top sheet first surface being coated with a predetermined cohesive that coheres to the first surface of the back sheet in a head area between the postage stamp top edge and the top and back sheet first ends and in a foot area between the postage stamp bottom edge and the top and back sheet second ends to encase the postage stamp between the top and back sheets, the top and back sheets further cohering between the perforations of the postage stamp side edges.