Card package assembly and method of making same

This invention relates to mounting and presenting cards such as gift cards, telephone cards, etc., in a package assembly particularly for point-of-sale applications, and to a method of manufacture of a package assembly containing a card therein. A card package is provided with a viewing window covered by a transparent, plastic window sheet or patch allowing a viewer to see the entire card or a portion thereof while the plastic window patch protects the card against damage. The card package may be in the form of a "C"-folded package assembly having an integral interior end panel, an exterior end panel, and intermediate end panel with the card positioned interiorly between the exterior panel and the intermediate panel. Also, the card package may have an "A," "V" or "Z"-folded configuration. A transfer tracking strip may be releasably mounted on a panel for removal where the card is a phone package card. A transfer tracking strip may be releasably mounted on a panel for removal where the card is a phone package card. The preferred method of manufacture produces the card assembly from a printed web of sheet material, plastic window patches, a card with the web being folded to form the panels and with the card and patch being adhered to panels of the assembly.