Boxing Up a Message

Sent by the Food Bank for New York City, it resembles the brown bag mailings enough so that I immediately thought “food bank,” but is intriguingly different. It’s mailed in a 6-inch-by-9-inch paper outer that is designed to resemble a brown cardboard box. To complete the “package” look, the address box, return address and stamp are on a white mailing label, and a faux black stamp reads, “Contents: Fresh Food. New Hope.” The stamp appears again, but larger, below the envelope flap on the back of the carrier.