Billhead, the Glossary
Billhead receipts are receipts that were commonly used in business transactions from the late 1860s through the early 1940s.[1]
Table of Contents
8 relations: Ephemera, Financial transaction, Illustration, Invoice, Proof of delivery, Receipt, Signature, Steel engraving.
- Ephemera
Ephemera
Ephemera are items which were not originally designed to be retained or preserved, but have been collected or retained.
Financial transaction
A financial transaction is an agreement, or communication, between a buyer and seller to exchange goods, services, or assets for payment.
See Billhead and Financial transaction
Illustration
An illustration is a decoration, interpretation, or visual explanation of a text, concept, or process, designed for integration in print and digitally published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video games and films.
Invoice
An invoice, bill or tab is a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer relating to a sale transaction and indicating the products, quantities, and agreed-upon prices for products or services the seller had provided the buyer.
Proof of delivery
A proof of delivery (POD) is a document that substantiates that a carrier has satisfied its terms of a contract of carriage for cargo by confirmation of the recipient or consignee.
See Billhead and Proof of delivery
Receipt
A receipt (also known as a packing list, packing slip, packaging slip, (delivery) docket, shipping list, delivery list, bill of the parcel, manifest, or customer receipt) is a document acknowledging that a person has received money or property in payment following a sale or other transfer of goods or provision of a service.
Signature
A signature (from signare, "to sign") is a handwritten (and often stylized) depiction of someone's name, nickname, or even a simple "X" or other mark that a person writes on documents as a proof of identity and intent.
Steel engraving
Steel engraving is a technique for printing illustrations based on steel instead of copper.
See Billhead and Steel engraving
See also
Ephemera
- Aircraft safety card
- Airline tickets
- Backstage pass
- Billhead
- Business cards
- Cabinet card
- Carte de visite
- Certificate of authenticity
- Chick tract
- Dance card
- Drink coaster
- E-card
- Early American Imprints
- Edge-notched card
- Einstein's Blackboard
- Ephemera
- Ephemeral Museum
- Ephemeral architecture
- Ephemeral art
- Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies
- Gedolim pictures
- Greeting cards
- Luggage label
- Newspaper
- Pi in the Sky
- Pin-back button
- Playing cards
- Postcards
- Posters
- Programme (booklet)
- Refrigerator magnet
- Sickness bag
- Skywriting
- Spanish Baroque ephemeral architecture
- Sports memorabilia
- Stickers
- Student publication
- The Forsythe Collection
- Tickets
- Tract (literature)
- Trading cards
- Vinegar valentines