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Envelopes

The first form of communication between companies often comes in the form of a letter, and therefore the envelope you use is vital in portraying your company’s image, along with its stationery. Envelopes come in all manner of sizes, styles, thicknesses and colours. The most common envelope sizes are; C4, C5, C6 and DL and these correspond with the most common stationery sizes which are A4, A5, A6 and compliment slip size.

Envelopes come in several different sizes like stationery. Here is a small guide to help you work our what envelope you want to fit your stationery.

Envelope and stationery sizes


Envelope type Sizing Guide Extra information
DL Envelopes DL Envelope Sizing Guide DL envelopes hold an A4 sheet folded twice; into 3 parts. This is the most common size of envelope; with most offices sending out their branded stationery in this size letter. Whilst this is the most popular size it does involve folding your stationery in three whilst some people may prefer not to do this so may well be better off with the C4 or C5 sizes.
C6 Envelopes C6 Envelope Sizing Guide C6 envelopes hold an A4 sheet folded twice in quarters or an A5 sheet folded in half.
C5 Envelopes C5 Envelope Sizing Guide C5 envelopes hold an A4 sheet folded once down the middle, or an unfolded A5 sheet. This is a more common envelope that the C4 and more common for sending letters and branded stationery.
C4 Envelopes C4 Envelope Sizing Guide C4 envelopes hold an A4 sheet unfolded. C4 envelopes are just slightly bigger than an A4 piece of paper or stationery, enabling them to carry a brochure or catalogue.

Styles of envelopes

There are three main styles of envelope; pocket, banker or wallet. Wallet and banker envelopes both open along the longer side, the banker envelope opening with a large ‘V’ shaped flap and the wallet envelope with a shorter, squarer flap. There are four main ways of sealing an envelope: peel and seal envelopes, press seal envelopes, gummed seal envelopes or twin gummed envelopes. With Paperstone’s range of envelopes and stationery you are sure to be able to send out letters to give exactly the look you want for your company.

What are the different sizes in imperial and metric measurement?

  • DL = 110x220mm = 4 1/3 x 8 2/3 inches
  • C6 = 114x162mm = 4 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches
  • C5 = 229x162mm = 9 x 6 3/8 inches
  • C4 = 324x229mm = 12 ¾ x 9 inches

The most popular brands of envelope we sell are as follows: Plus Fabric Prestige, New Guardian Heavyweight, New Guardian Medium weight, Plus Fabric Light weight, New Guardian Lightweight.

For help finding the envelopes you want please call our team who will be happy to help you.

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