A treasury tag
or India tag
is an item of stationery
used to fasten sheets of paper
to each other or to a folder. It consists of a piece of string, typically around 3 to 8 cm
(1 to 3 in) long, both ends of which are held in the centre of a metal
bar. Treasury tags are threaded through holes in paper made with a hole punch
Tags with strings of various lengths are available for fastening quantities of paper of various thicknesses.
- The OED for definition of India Tag, under India sense 6.