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What's the difference between Chinese envelopes and western envelopes? Something more detailed.

1. Envelope with different openings

Chinese-style envelope: it has a vertical opening on the horizontal right side and is turned back.

Western-style envelopes: large horizontal triangle, with large backward flap.

Chinese-style envelope as shown in the figure:

Western-style envelope as shown in the figure:

2. Different sealing edges

Chinese-style envelope: the sealing is short, and the envelope is still a relatively complete paper bag after being opened.

western envelope: the sealed edge is very wide, so it is relatively easy for the writing paper to fall out after being opened.

Extended information:

Format of the envelope:

1. Format of the Chinese envelope: write the address of the recipient in the first line of the envelope, draw six squares in the upper left corner of the envelope, and fill in the postal code of the recipient. Write the name of the recipient in the middle of the second line of the envelope, and write the address and name of the sender in the third line of the envelope. The area from the front of the envelope is 55 mm to 16 mm from the right and below 2 mm from the bottom is the bar code printing area. Don't write or sign here.

2. format of western-style envelope: the sender's address and name should be written in the upper left corner of the envelope, and the recipient's address and name should be written in the lower right corner of the envelope. When written in French and English, the names, place names and country names shall be filled in line by line, and the place names and country names shall be written in capital letters and marked. When writing in Chinese, fill in line by line according to the country name, place name and name.