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I use 7x5 size photos (The ones i find and send) for my fanmail and was wondering how many stamps to use on the SAE From America. I know it depends on weight but i am not so good at working weights and measurements etc. so not sure but surely a envelope with two 7x5 photos in can't be to expensive.

Rather than give you a specific answer as per the number of stamps. I would suggest that you take your envelope to your local post office, have it weighed by the clerk and after a few times doing that you should have a good general idea of your cost. For example I have learned over time how many stamps to put on a specific sized envelope and how many to put on the SASE. I sometimes put a little too much postage on, but it is worth avoiding the trip to the post office now that I have a general idea of the cost.

DanaRenoMBA wrote:Rather than give you a specific answer as per the number of stamps. I would suggest that you take your envelope to your local post office, have it weighed by the clerk and after a few times doing that you should have a good general idea of your cost. For example I have learned over time how many stamps to put on a specific sized envelope and how many to put on the SASE. I sometimes put a little too much postage on, but it is worth avoiding the trip to the post office now that I have a general idea of the cost.

cheers for the reply I did use IRC's but not having much luck with them only had one reply using them. so going to try US stamps.

Good luck with your requests. And please remember that there are a lot of experienced collectors here and if your post gets read there may be lots of other ideas that you may find useful.

DanaRenoMBA wrote:Good luck with your requests. And please remember that there are a lot of experienced collectors here and if your post gets read there may be lots of other ideas that you may find useful.

Cheers i hope your successful with your requests to.

leigh cooper wrote:I use 7x5 size photos (The ones i find and send) for my fanmail and was wondering how many stamps to use on the SAE From America. I know it depends on weight but i am not so good at working weights and measurements etc. so not sure but surely a envelope with two 7x5 photos in can't be to expensive.

If your envelope is a small one, about 6X9 or so, that and two photos all probably weighs about an ounce. Sending a small envelope that weighs up to an ounce to the UK from the USA is 0.98 in US stamps. Hope this helps.

BossC

BossC wrote:

leigh cooper wrote:I use 7x5 size photos (The ones i find and send) for my fanmail and was wondering how many stamps to use on the SAE From America. I know it depends on weight but i am not so good at working weights and measurements etc. so not sure but surely a envelope with two 7x5 photos in can't be to expensive.

If your envelope is a small one, about 6X9 or so, that and two photos all probably weighs about an ounce. Sending a small envelope that weighs up to an ounce to the UK from the USA is 0.98 in US stamps. Hope this helps.

BossC

It does help but also confuses me a little as i keep getting told different amounts one told me $2.08, you've told me 0.98, another has told me another amount so just a little confused now. i use 7X5 photos a C5 Envelope (I think a size smaller than a 10x7 Envelope and a piece of cardboard).

leigh cooper wrote:

BossC wrote:

leigh cooper wrote:I use 7x5 size photos (The ones i find and send) for my fanmail and was wondering how many stamps to use on the SAE From America. I know it depends on weight but i am not so good at working weights and measurements etc. so not sure but surely a envelope with two 7x5 photos in can't be to expensive.

If your envelope is a small one, about 6X9 or so, that and two photos all probably weighs about an ounce. Sending a small envelope that weighs up to an ounce to the UK from the USA is 0.98 in US stamps. Hope this helps.

BossC

It does help but also confuses me a little as i keep getting told different amounts one told me $2.08, you've told me 0.98, another has told me another amount so just a little confused now. i use 7X5 photos a C5 Envelope (I think a size smaller than a 10x7 Envelope and a piece of cardboard).

Sorry for the confusion. Let me see if I can clear it up before I head to work:

Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe a C5 is an envelope that is the equivilanet of a USA 6X9 (in inches) so it would be classified as a normal sized envelope to mail.

However, I am guessing on the weight of the photos and with cardboard you might want to pay the 2 ounce price. For a letter sized envelope--the kind you mentioned--that is two ounces or under from the US to the UK will be 1.82 in US stamps.

I hope this cleared up things for you...if I have only confused you more, let me know and I'll try again.

BossC

When I figured the price for you at $2.08, the C5 dimensions technically went over the size of a regular envelope by something around a quarter of an inch. So I marked it as a flat, large envelope. That would explain the difference.