Shipping label

A two-way shipping label for attachment to a shipping container, said shipping label being useable by a first party to prepare the shipping container for delivery to an address of a second party, and thereafter by the second party to prepare the shipping container for delivery to an address of the first party, the shipping label comprising:

• a return label having opposite front and back surfaces, wherein said back surface is attachable to the shipping container, and said address of said first party is indicated on the front surface of said return label;
• and
• an initial address label having opposite front and back surfaces, wherein the address of the second party is imprinted on said front surface, said initial address label partially covering the front surface of said return label and including a window extending therethrough for exposing a portion of the return label having the address of the first party indicated thereon, wherein said initial address label can be lifted off said return label, thereby exposing said return label to prepare said shipping container for delivery to the address of said first party,
• said back surface of said initial address label being releasably secured to the front surface of said return label.

A method of using a two-way shipping label for preparing a shipping container for delivery from a first address to a second address and then for delivery from the second address back to the first address, said shipping label comprising a return label having opposite front and back surfaces, said front surface being pre-addressed with said first address;

• and an initial address label having opposite front and back surfaces, said back surface of said initial label being releasably secured to the front surface of the return label, said method comprising:
• printing the second address on the front surface of the initial label, and attaching the back surface of the return label to the shipping container to prepare the container for delivery to said second address;
• and
• after receipt of said container at said second address, removing said initial address label from the return label to expose the front surface of the return label to prepare the container for delivery to said first address.