1,000 patterns is crazy. We’ve been at this for a while. Each step up for the collection has involved the coordinated many people. This update is no different, I have got the pleasure to work with and meet a handful of new envelope collectors. Even got our first trade with someone overseas which is something I have been wanting to do for a long time.
This website got some new traffic due to online articles being written on security envelope patterns. Some have even reached out to me for comment, how exciting! It’s nice to see these articles being written on a topic that has never gotten a lot of attention.
I published some of my research back in 2023. At the time I wasn’t sure if this was a smart decision. But it looks like this research may have helped aid some of these recent articles that are now being written years later. Pretty cool.
Still no Wikipedia article but I’d say we are heading in that direction. I think there is A LOT still to be uncovered on the topic of security envelope patterns.
Do you work for a business that creates their own custom security envelope pattern? Or maybe you know someone who does?
I collect security envelope patterns. I’ve had the help of many incredible people. Some of those people I know personally and some I have never met. It’s all very overwhelming when I think of the support I have received.
Most of these patterns are patterns and shapes. Some of the most common patterns are confetti, linen, burlap, lines, crosshatch and so forth.
A smaller portion of the collection is unique patterns made by businesses such as Chase, ADP, Citibank who make branded a custom security envelope pattern. Here is a list of companies who are represented in the security envelope pattern collection. Some companies have many unique patterns that they have used over the years. One unique pattern is cool, more then that… well that is just stylin’ in my book.
I’m almost certain that I’m missing a ton of companies still. Regional/local, local banks, utility companies in different states, companies that have gone out of business, companies that don’t send out mail to the public but still have their own security envelopes, B2B companies, Fortune 500 companies and so forth.
If you’d like your company to be added to this list and the Security Envelope Pattern Collection please contact me. If you are already on the list but want to make sure I have all the patterns that you do, contact me. If your business is no longer operating but you have older and more historical envelope patterns I’d love those as well.
2023 Security Envelope Collection totals (current as of 10/26/23)
Company
Patterns
407 Express Toll Route
1
ADP
3
Allianz
3
Ally Bank
1
Altec
1
American Express
5
American Funds
1
Ameriprise
1
Banana Republic
1
Bankcard Services
1
Blue Shield of California
1
Capital One
4
CCB-T
1
Chase
1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
1
Citibank
3
Con Edison
1
Credit One Bank
1
Davis Bancorp
1
Discover
4
FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
1
Fidelity Investments
1
Fido
1
First Hawaiian Bank
1
First Primier Bank
1
ForwardLine Financial
1
franklintempleton
3
Genworth Financial
1
Hillsdale Collge
1
Hudson’s Bay
1
Hughes Net
1
Huntington
3
Ivy Funds
2
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
1
Kohl’s
2
Lucent-Technologies-Bell-Labs-innovations
1
Mackenzie
1
Neiman Marcus
2
Nordstrom
3
Old Navy
1
OneMain Financial
1
Paralyzed Veterans of America
1
Paychex
2
Pharmacy
2
Physicians Mutual Insurance Company
1
Prudential Financial
5
Safeco
1
Sears/Kmart
1
splendoress
1
Staples
1
State Farm
1
Target
3
TCF Bank
1
The Salvation Army
1
Topform Data Inc.
1
Toronto Revenue Services
1
Turner Vision
1
United Freedom Benefits Department
1
United Healthcare
2
Vanguard
3
Vista Print
1
Waste Management
1
Wells Fargo
3
Wildeboer Dellelce LLP
1
Ways to get in touch: Instagram: @abstract_collage Contact form: Contact
Updated July 7, 2017: One of the coolest of the cool security patterns sets on the internet is by Joseph King. This is a 160+ pattern collection on Flickr. So I went through this collection and selected all the patterns that I do not currently have. These are all featured below. Think of this as my personal vision board.
Updated 12/22/2017: I have gotten some very generous donations from the community and I am happy to “cross out” some of these envelopes from the wish list. List is now a little easier to read and grouped by color.
Updated 10/31/2018: Updated again, patterns that I have received have been removed from this list.
10/14/2019: New update, crossed off a few that I recently got.
4/7/2021: List updated again
If you recognize any of these patterns from your own personal or business mail… I want to hear from you!
I have begun to catalog the hundreds of envelopes in my collection. Here is a selection of the top 10 hand opened envelopes I have collected.
To make it into the top 10 list the pattern of course had to be great. This is not, however, a list of the top envelope patterns. The way the envelope was opened and how it was treated through the mail delivery system is also, if not more, important. Since I have received envelopes from many amazing friends and fans we can enjoy a wide variety of different opening techniques, mistakes, and frustrations, all taken out on the paper. Take notice that sometimes the glued flap comes completely off, sometimes partially, and sometimes barely at all.
