Some were patterned with clear drops that gave an effect like a waxed car just after the rain; others looked like fine embossed stationery.

"Wallpaper should have good visual quality, like fine stationery," Mr. Buchanan said.

In the marketplace, makers of fine stationery, like Crane & Company, now are competing for computer users.

The fine stationery resembled that used in the Hofburg.

"And I appreciate your zeal, Muldoon, truly-" Listerdale sold magazines and fine stationery as well as books.

Honey," he said, "you get me a box of the finest stationery you can find!

There are several kinds of fine stationery.

They're consistent with fine stationery or the paper lawyers use for legal documents.

Luckily, there are only three sizes of fine stationery, because there are hundreds of typefaces from which to compose your letterhead.

And no matter how efficient e-mail may be, it can't touch the joy of receiving a handwritten letter on fine stationery, thoughtfully composed and concluding with the words "check enclosed."