Final business reply envelopes from 2025 feature Christmas, balloons

In the process of working my way through a few items from the end of 2025 that are still sitting in my mail tray, I found a couple of business reply envelopes that I have not previously shared here.

The first arrived in a fundraising mailing from Feed the Children, and it bears four preprinted Christmas-themed designs picturing pine cones, mistletoe, and poinsettia leaves. There are two copies of the latter design; all four have simulated perforations.

The other BRE is from Operation Smile and has three preprinted designs picturing balloons. At first glance, I thought I’d seen this one before, but the designs although picturing balloons are different than the ones used on an envelope I received early last year.

On a recent journey through some boxes of stamps and covers, I assembled a pile containing more than 300 business reply envelopes with preprinted stamp-sized designs on them. Although they’re something I often receive in the mail and mention here, they’re not something I typically collect, so I’ve listed them in a single lot on eBay. If you’re interested, you can take a look at my eBay listings there.

Published 2026-01-01