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Classic & Contemporary British, American & European Cars Including Jaguar, Triumph & Austin

Fantastic Racing Dioramas Of Classic British Sports Cars In Action

Steam & Diesel Locomotive Models - Made With Coal

Classic Cars - Made With Coal

Defenda Packaging Giftware!

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Size Guide - Poster, Paper & Envelope Sizes Guide

This Guide Is Intended To Help You With Common Sizes Of Paper, Posters & The Envelopes They Require. You May Also Decide To Use Postal Tubes For Posters - We Make & Hold In Stock A Massive Range Of Lengths & Diameters. We can Also produce Custom Made Tubes Where Necessary

ISO paper standards which are widely used.

Originally introduced for the litho and screen print industries where sizes need to be accurately fixed ISO paper sizes are still used extensively.

Please use the table below as a Poster Size Guide, Paper Size Guide or Envelope Size Guide.

Due to the introduction of sized based pricing by Royal Mail, under 'Pricing In Proportion' (PiP) and to cater for some photograph dimensions - additional sizes of envelopes broadly within the C5 category have been included. Larger photographs may need to be shipped using corrugated cardboard picture boxes

A Series Formats (mm)		B Series Formats (mm)		C Series Formats (mm) ENVELOPES SIZES
4A0	1682 x 2378	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2A0	1189 x 1682	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
A0	841 x 1189	B0	1000 x 1414	C0	917 x 1297
A1	594x 841	B1	707 x 1000	C1	648 x 917
A2	420 x 594	B2	500 x 707	C2	458 x 648
A3	297 x 420	B3	353 x 500	C3	324 x 458
A4	210 x 297	B4	250 x 353	C4	229 x 324
A5	148 x 210	B5	176 x 250	C5 PLUS	178 x 241
				C5 PiP	165 x 240
				C5	162 x 229
A6	105 x 148	B6	125 x 176	C6	114 x 162
A7	74 x 105	B7	88 x 125	C7	81 x 114
A8	52 x 74	B8	62 x 88	C8	57 x 81
A9	37 x 52	B9	44 x 62	C9	40 x 57
A10	26 x 37	B10	31 x 44	C10	28 x 40
DL Size Envelopes					220 x 110mm

You can check envelope weight costs for standard letter or large letter sizes under 'Pricing In Proportion' PiP rules, by clicking on the link to postal size restrictions below Royal Mail Post Office & Parcel Force Postal Size Restrictions - Check If Your Item Is OK For 1st Class, 2nd Class, Packet Post, Standard Parcels Or Which 'Pricing In Proportion' Category Applies To Your Items. Here
Choose The Postal Tube Length & Diameter You Require POSTAL TUBES	Choose The Envelope Size & The Particular Style That You Require PROTECTIVE ENVELOPES
POSTAL TUBES / MAILING TUBES SIZE GUIDE (If You Are Unsure Of The Size Tube You Need In Imperial Or Metric Measurement - It May Help To Check Here. The Guide Will Also Give The Usable Lengths After Insertion Of Caps) Metric / Imperial Conversion Chart...here
Post Office Locator - To Find Your Nearest Post Office Or Parcel Force Depot Locations Click Here
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With Pricing in Proportion PiP Products - Boxes & Envelopes Click Here

Plain Postal Tubes Can Be Supplied From Stock In Various Diameters. Including:-

1 inch diameter

2 inch diameter

3 inch diameter

4 inch diameter

5 inch diameter (Triangular)

Or Custom Made Wide Diameter Postal / Mailing Tubes Can Be Manufactured (Or 6" & 8" Diam' Supplied Immediately From Stock) In The Following Sizes

5 inch diameter (round) Email For Quote

6 inch diameter Click Here For Stock Lengths

7 inch diameter Email For Quote

8 inch diameter Click Here For Stock Lengths

9 inch diameter Email For Quote

10 inch diameter Email For Quote

11 inch diameter Email For Quote

12 inch diameter Email For Quote

CUSTOM MADE TUBES

Find Out More About Our Custom Made Cores & Tubes Here

STAPLERS For Securing Postal Tube End Caps

Click Here For Staplers

Wedding Invitation Scroll Tubes - Narrow Diameter To Ensure They Pass Through Domestic Letterboxes

For Wedding Tubes Click Here

Tube Art - Decorate your postal / mailing tubes with our self adhesive artwork / decals

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BOARD BACK ENVELOPES

More about the size range of our Board Backed DEFENDA Envelopes

White All Board Envelopes

C4 All Board Envelopes, C5 PiP All Board Envelopes (Pricing In Proportion) 7" & 12" Vinyl Record Mailers All Board, M16 Calendar All Board Envelopes, See Our All Card Envelopes

COLOURED BOARD BACKED ENVELOPES

Superb Quality 160gsm Paper Front / 1000 Micron (675gsm White Board Backing) Coloured Hard Backed Envelopes From The DEFENDA COLOURS Range here

RECORD MAILERS

Fantastic Quality & Value Vinyl Record Mailers & Cardboard Stiffeners.