smallest [dimensions] mail you've received.

[hoihtah]

hi... i've spent many days...
custom making my wedding invitations.

and my fiance just told me today... that they won't ship anything smaller than 3.5x5.

my design was 4.25x4.5

i feel like i've received a mail... way smaller before.
but i could be just imagining.

darn.... now i might have to make 150 invitations all over.
man... this sucks.

has anyone ever received a post card or letter smaller than that?

 

[wiredspider]

Check the USPS website, I think you can still send it if its under a certain size, but a additional 11 cent fee will be charged. You could maybe stick it inside a bigger envelope?

 

[hoihtah]

stickin' em in a regular envelop would totally crush the whole point of custom designing them.

sigh.

i did check the website.
and that's what it seems to point.

but i feel like i've received mails smaller than their dimensions.

 

[Danball1976]

The smallest mail I've recieved is the typical letter sized envelope, I believe 3"x5".

 

[Noriaki]

Ask them.

4.25x4.5 is 19 + 1/8 square inches.
3.5x5 is only 17 1/2...

Maybe it's big enough to count as normal.

 

[Theslowone]

You could try mailing one. If it comes back, or they don't take it then find another solution.

 

[Viper GTS]

You've probably already seen this, but:

USPS

First-Class Mail
First-Class Mail includes all personal correspondence, all bills and statements of accounts, all matter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, and matter wholly or partly in writing or typewriting. Any mailable items may be sent as First-Class Mail. Each piece must weigh 13 ounces or less. Pieces over 13 ounces can be sent as Priority Mail.

The minimum size for First-Class Mail is 5 inches long, 3-1/2 inches high, and 0.007 inch thick. The combined length and girth of a piece (i.e., the length of its longest side plus the distance around its thickest part) may not exceed 108 inches. Pieces weighing 1 ounce or less may be subject to an additional Nonstandard Surcharge.

Viper GTS

 

[hoihtah]

this sucks... big time for me.

 

[Mark R]

A friend of mine received a 'postcard' written on the back of a postage stamp.

Admittedly though, this was in the UK, courtesy of Royal Mail, who actually took exceptional care with it - evidently more than the poster who just dumped it into a post box.

 

[hoihtah]

gosh.. i think the min size should be reduced to 3x4.25
not 3.5x5

that 5 is very ambiguous... especially when the letter size's with is 8.5