Etymology

Dahlke envelope

Today it means: An airmail envelope with a distinct pattern of spaced diamonds in alternating red and blue colours around the outer edge. Full definition →

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The story

After its designer Benjamin Dahlke. In use in the late 1920s, the name was patented in 1929.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.