Envelope Guide

Using standard envelope sizes in your correspondence and direct mail marketing campaigns has many advantages:

  1. Saves you money, by avoiding additional postage charges added to non-standard sizes
  2. Saves time and cuts costs by using sizes designed to work seamlessly with modern insertion equipment
  3. Maximizes creativity and style by being available in a wide spectrum of colors, textures and window sizes

The following standard envelope sizes all achieve these advantages:

Correspondence Envelopes
"A" Size Announcement Envelopes
Baronial Announcement Envelopes
Commercial Envelopes
Open End Envelopes
Open Size Envelopes
Clasp Envelopes

Correspondence Envelopes

Size Flap Envelope Dimension
#6 3/4 Commercial 3 5/8 x 6 1/2
Monarch Pointed 3 7/8 x 7 1/2
#9 Commercial 3 7/8 x 8 7/8
#10 Commercial 4 1/8 x 9 1/2
#10 Square 4 1/8 x 9 1/2

Standard window size (1 1/8 x 4 1/2) square corner, 7/8 space left, 1/2 bottom.

Correspondence Envelope Sizes

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"A" Size Announcement Envelopes

Size Flap Envelope Dimension
A-2 Square 4 3/8 x 5 3/4
A-6 Square 4 3/8 x 6 1/2
A-7 Square 5 1/4 x 7 1/4
A-8 Square 5 1/2 x 8 1/8
A-9 Square 5 3/4 x 8 3/4
A-10 Square 6 x 9 1/2
Slimline Square 3 7/8 x 8 7/8

"A" Announcement Envelope Sizing

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Baronial Announcement Envelopes

Size Flap Envelope Dimension
4 Baronial Pointed 3 5/8 x 5 1/8
5 Baronial Pointed 4 1/8 x 5 1/2
5 1/2 Baronial Pointed 4 3/8 x 5 3/4
6 Baronial Pointed 4 3/4 x 6 1/2
Lee Size Pointed 5 1/4 x 7 1/4

Baronial Announcement Envelope Sizing chart

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Commercial Envelopes

Different Types of Envelopes
Size Envelope Dimension
6 1/4 3 1/2 x 6
6 3/4 3 5/8 x 6 1/2
7 3 3/4 x 6 3/4
7 3/4 3 7/8 x 7 1/2
Monarch 3 7/8 x 7 1/2
8 5/8 3 5/8 x 8 5/8
9 3 7/8 x 8 7/8
10 4 1/8 x 9 1/2
11 4 1/2 x 10 3/8
12 4 3/4 x 11
14 5 x 11 1/2

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Open End Envelopes

Size Envelope Dimension
#7 Glove 4 x 6 3/8
#10 Policy 4 1/8 x 9 1/2
#11 Policy 4 1/2 x 10 3/8
#1 Scarf 4 5/8 x 6 3/4
#3 Scarf 5 x 7 1/2
#14 Policy 5 x 11 1/2
#4 1/4 Scarf 5 1/2 x 7 1/2
#6 Scarf 5 1/2 x 8 1/4
#1 Catalog 6 x 9
#1 3/4 Catalog 6 1/2 x 9 1/2
#3 Catalog 7 x 10
#6 Catalog 7 1/2 x 10 1/2
#8 Catalog 8 1/4 x 11 1/4
#9 3/4 Catalog 8 3/4 x 11 1/4
#10 1/2 Catalog 9 x 12
#12 1/2 Catalog 9 1/2 x 12 1/2
#13 1/2 Catalog 10 x 13
#14 1/2 Catalog 11 1/2 x 14 1/2
#15 Catalog 10 x 15
#15 1/2 Catalog 12 x 15 1/2

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Open Side Envelopes

Size Envelope Dimension
#3 4 3/4 x 6 1/2
#4 1/2 5 1/2 x 7 1/2
#5 5 1/2 x 8 1/8
#6 5 3/4 x 8 7/8
#6 1/2 6 x 9
#6 5/8 6 x 9 1/2
#6 3/4 6 1/2 x 9 1/2
#7 1/4 7 x 10
#7 1/2 7 1/2 x 10 1/2
#9 8 3/4 x 11 1/2
#9 1/2 9 x 12
#10 9 1/2 x 12 5/8
#13 10 x 13

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Clasp Envelopes

Size Envelope Dimension
(0) 2 1/4 x 4 1/2
(5) 3 1/8 x 5 1/2
(10) 3 1/8 x 6
(15) 4 x 6 3/8
(11) 4 1/2 x 10 3/8
(25) 4 5/8 x 6 3/4
(35) 5 x 7 1/2
(14) 5 x 11 1/2
(50) 5 1/2 x 8 1/4
(55) 6 x 9
(63) 6 1/2 x 9 1/2
(68) 7 x 10
(75) 7 1/2 x 10 1/2
(83) 8 1/2 x 11 1/2
(87) 8 3/4 x 11 1/4
(90) 9 x 12
(94) 9 1/4 x 14 1/2
(93) 9 1/2 x 9 1/2
(95) 10 x 12
(97) 10 x 13
(98) 10 x 15
(105) 11 1/2 x 14 1/2
(110) 12 x 15 1/2

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