Folded Self Mailer Sizes

How shape and size affect prices.

Folded self mailer sizes.

Let s first consider the self mailer s dimensions according to u s. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. Panels created when sheets of paper are folded. Distribute glue spots and elongated glue lines evenly along the sealed edge s.

1 sheet folded self mailer. Postal service when it s folded and sealed. Quarter fold self mailers must be sealed with tabs. Basic style folded self mailers up to 1 oz only require two 1 tabs.

Or a 4 panel mailer measuring 8 x 20 which folds three times to a finished size of 8 x 5 inches. Minimum of 5 inches and maximum of 10 5 inches. Folded self mailer letters have a minimum of two panels. Different postage prices apply to postcards letters large envelopes flats and parcels.

Mailing pieces over 1 ounce require two tabs at 1 1 1 2 inches diameter. Each folded section of a sheet is a separate panel and are equal or nearly equal in size. In general the bigger your mailpiece the more it will cost to mail. It qualifies for letter rates but isn t mailed in an envelope and isn t bound.

When using tabs on basic folded self mailers fsms the following applies. A folded self mailer is a single sheet or multiple sheets of paper folded together without binding or stitching with the exception of stitches on the inside folded edge. Paper basis weight of at least 70 book 28 bond multiple sheet folded self mailers. A typical self mailer would be.

Minimum of 3 5 inches and maximum of 6 inches. Seal folded self mailers that weigh more than 1 ounce with elongated glue lines that are each at least 1 inch long and 1 8 inch wide or with glue lines that are each at least 1 2 inch long and 1 4 inch wide. In first class mail postcards cost less than letters. 1 or more sheets final fold on bottom.

Letter size mail costs less than flat size mail. Of course you are not limited to three or four panels. In horizontally oriented folded pieces the final fold is always at the bottom with the final panel folded up to the top of the non address side. Both sides of a panel count as one and the same panel.