For the last few years, in almost all the part of the world E-mails have taken the place of personal letters. But now-a-days letters are being still sent in the Business purpose. So to write this kind of Business letters one must know what a proper envelope is? Proper envelope guides your letter to the right destination within the right time. The things which are required for making a proper envelope are envelopes, postage stamps, pens, Address Books.

So to write a proper envelope one must know the following steps which actually make a proper envelope.

Process of writing the return address for the envelope:

Step 1:-

The Sender's Name and/or the Company's Name should be written on the first line of the address.

Step 2:-

In the second line the Sender's street address or postal address should be written which must includes Ave., St. or Blvd., as well as apartment, office or suite number.

Step 3:-

In the third line write the City name and give a space and the write one or two letter capitalized state abbreviation and then after that write the ZIP code. (For example: - Kolkata W.B ZIP:-700 039). Here Kolkata is the City name which is followed by the State name West Bengal which is written in the two letters capitalized state abbreviation and at last the Zip code is given.

Step 4:-

If the envelope is about to send in the foreign country then the country name should be mentioned in the fourth line in capital words otherwise it is not necessary.

All the above mentioned process for the return address of the envelope should be written in the upper left-hand side corner of the envelope.

Now the most important thing of the proper envelope is to write the mailing address. So to write the mailing that is the destination address just repeat the above mentioned steps (1 to 4) keeping in mind that the information written over here belongs to the receiver not the sender. The whole detail of the receiver is to be written in the centre of the envelope.

The last thing is to attach a proper postage stamp in the upper right-hand corner of the envelope and also on the same side of the envelope as the destination address and return address.

The above was the basic process of writing a proper envelope. Now we must go through some other tips which also make a proper envelope more attracting.

• Always address the envelope before inserting any photos or documents into it otherwise if you write the address part after inserting those elements then it might ruin them. Write the address of the envelope while keeping the envelope upon a flat surface.
• Do not put any kind of tape on the postage stamps. Just stuck it on the envelope using strong gum.
• Always use waterproof ink while writing the address part of the envelope because by chance if the ink comes in contact of water then the envelope will be destroyed completely.