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Envelope Sizes
I'm very much a novice when it comes to stamps, and stamp collecting. I
have a question about cover (envelope) sizes. My father had a Scott stamp book that was from the late 1930's. Among the stamps there were two canceled Airmail covers dated May 31, 1930. They are both Scott UC1, and I can easily see the watermark 28 on one of envelopes. My problem is I can't figure out which size envelope I have. The 2005, "Scott Specialized Catalogue" makes reference to three different size envelopes (#5, #8, and #13). Thinking logically, I would think the #5 is the smallest and #13 would be the largest. From what I can tell from the Web, logic is thrown out the window. I can not find any definitive information about the dimensions of the envelopes, or how the sizes are determined. From pictures I have found from various online auctions, it appears that the size 5, and size 13 are the same size. It seems the size 8 is longer then the others. Is there a place that gives this type of information. Any help in this matter will be greatly appreciated. Regards, twillers |
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I'm not an expert, but....
The envelope industry is annoying because they use the same size numbers for different standards. For example, a Number 8 white paper envelope is very different from a Number 8 manila clasp envelope. However, for our purposes (ordinary white mailing envelopes), the size number is the approximate width of the envelope in inches. The most common "small" envelope today is a 6 3/4, which is about 6 3/4 inches wide. The "legal" or "business" size is a number 10, and it's about ten inches wide (actually about 9 1/2). The same would apply to government stamped envelopes of some years ago -- a #5 is five inches (approximately) wide, a #8 is 8 inches, and a #13 is huge, more than a foot wide. |
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Here you go Twillers:
You may wish to save this for reference. --------------------------------------- North American Standard Envelope Sizes. --------------------------------------- Commercial Sizes (in inches) #5 3 1/16 x 5 1/2 #6 3 3/8 x 6 #6 1/4 3 1/2 x 6 #6 1/2 3 9/16 x 6 1/2 #6 3/4 3 5/8 x 6 1/2 --------------------------------------- Official sizes (in inches) #7 3 3/4 x 6 3/4 #7 1/2 3 3/4 x 7 5/8 #7 3/4 aka Monarch 3 7/8 x 7 1/2 #8 5/8 aka check 3 5/8 x 8 5/8 #9 aka Slimline 3 7/8 x 8 7/8 #10 4 1/8 x 9 1/2 #10 1/2 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 #11 4 1/2 x 10 3/8 #12 4 3/4 x 11 #14 5 x 11 1/2 #16 6 x 12 --------------------------------------- Specialty Size (in inches) A-1 3 5/8 x 5 1/8 A-2 4 3/8 x 5 3/4 A-6 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 A-7 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 A-7 3/4 3 7/8 x 7 1/2 A-8 5 1/2 x 8 1/8 A-9 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 9 1/2 9 x 12 A-10 6 x 9 1/2 --------------------------------------- Booklet or Open Side size (in inches) #3 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 #5 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 #6 5 3/4 x 8 7/8 #6 1/2 6 x 9 #7 6 1/4 x 9 5/8 #7 1/4 7 x 10 #8 8 x 11 1/8 #9 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 #10 9 1/2 x 12 5/8 #13 10 x 13 -------------------------------------- (more sizes exist) I hope that this is helpful to you. Blair Stannard 2005 July 05 |
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Dave Kent wrote:
I'm not an expert, but.... The envelope industry is annoying because they use the same size numbers for different standards. For example, a Number 8 white paper envelope is very different from a Number 8 manila clasp envelope. However, for our purposes (ordinary white mailing envelopes), the size number is the approximate width of the envelope in inches. The most common "small" envelope today is a 6 3/4, which is about 6 3/4 inches wide. The "legal" or "business" size is a number 10, and it's about ten inches wide (actually about 9 1/2). The same would apply to government stamped envelopes of some years ago -- a #5 is five inches (approximately) wide, a #8 is 8 inches, and a #13 is huge, more than a foot wide. Dave, Thank you very much for the reply. I was under the impression that was the way the sizing worked also. After I posted my question I came across a website that gave me the answer I was looking for. The website is "www.precancels.com/envelopes/id_envs.htm" I was surprised at the answer. Below is a section from the webpage. I seems that up until at least Dec. 1949 the #8 envelope as the largest. Again thank for the reply, Tom Envelope Size: Government issued precanceled envelopes only came in 4 sizes: Size 5 89 mm x 160 mm Size 6 3/4 92 mm x 165 mm Size 8 (10) 105 mm x 241 mm Size 13 98 mm x 171 mm |
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