[Dx-qsl] Envelopes

[Dick Flanagan]

This brings up an interesting point.  Has anyone received a QSL card 
that was too big for Bill Plum's 4-1/2" x 6-1/4" (115 mm x 160 
mm)European return envelopes?  If so, would they have fit in JAM's 
3-3/4" x 8-1/4" (95 mm x 220 mm) Monarch envelopes?

Dick

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Dick Flanagan K7VC
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On 1/11/2012 8:31 PM, Steve Lund wrote:
> I've been using these JAM envelopes for several years now. No DX station
> has found it necessary to cut them down and ALL DX QSLs have fit inside.
>
> My only complaint is with the shipping charges. I just ordered 100 of each
> size and the shipping charge via UPS was $16 for ground delivery. It would
> have been $6 via Priority Mail.
>
> Steve, K6UM
>
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:35 PM, Jack Shirley<jcshirle at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> http://www.jampaper.com/ecom/index.asp/show/detail/cat/52/prd/14/pg/1/c/1904/s/160
>>
>> :Try these... #10 airmail and Monarch  airmail
>> 73  N8DX
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN<wn3vaw at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>> I'm in a bit of a quandary when it comes to what size envelope to use
>> for my
>>> SASE with DX stations.
>>>
>>> Because I print my own cards using Avery "postcard" cardstock, I send
>>> everything out in the larger #12 envelopes.  This means I can use a
>> standard
>>> #10 for the return envelope, which ought to cover just about all bases...
>>> right?
>>>
>>> Only, I've noticed many envelopes coming back that have been trimmed
>> down a
>>> few inches.  The envelope with the ZS6EZ card had a note on it that had
>> he
>>> not done so, the "oversize" envelope would have cost him an extra $2 in
>>> postage... which certainly explains why this is done.
>>>
>>> Yet, if I include a smaller #6 envelope instead, some of the return DX
>> cards
>>> don't fit in it.  A #9?  Well, it's not THAT much smaller than the #10
>> it's
>>> meant to nest in.
>>>
>>> Now what?
>>>
>>> I'm hoping to find something that will both fit inside the #12 without
>>> folding, AND be readily available at an office supply store without
>> special
>>> ordering, so that I can pick them up on short notice.  But, if I have to
>>> stock up, I will.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> 73, ron w3wn
>>>
>>>
>>>
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