Let's See Your Smallest Covers

Spanishmoss... perhaps that word is 'soiree' missplelt as 'sware' (meaning party)..

Excellent thought, ramana!

That would make sense.

My smallest can hardly be called a ladies cover since it was sent to Alexander Stewart.
4.375 x 1.875 inches (111 x 47 mm)

Quick question: What does the "M.S." stand for on that Chicago cancel? I haven't seen one before.

A couple from my pile-o-covers

Here is a tiny little feller weighing in at 3" X 4". The CDS and Stamps show the size pretty well

This is the smallest envelope that I own, it 4 and a half inches x 2 and a quarter.
Regards
Horamakhet

My smallest is this 3-5/8" X 2-7/8" (92mm X 73mm) cover sent from Tillamook, Oregon to Haverhill, Massachussetts on May 24, 1900. It contains a letter from a brand new mother writing in the voice of her firstborn child to its maternal grandparents who live some 3000 miles away.

wt1:

"MS" means "Main Station"...

I'm not sure that I understand where this envelope ended up...missent

Steve, Nice American Postal Supply ASM 23 Haverhill Received cancel

Thanks Russ. It is unfortunate that modern machine cancels aren't up to that standard!

Builderr:
The "Missent" handstamp was applied when the cover ended up at a post office it wasn't supposed to be at. It was used to explain a possible delay in the transport of the envelope. Generally, and in this case, there is something that shows which office applied the handstamp.

It's a little hard to tell, but it appears that your cover was sent from Portsmouth to North Edgecomb, but ended up passing through Bath(?). Bath would have applied the handstamo and the datestamp and sent it on its way.

Here's another Missent cover: http://www.cgpostal.com/12cent/slide30.jpg

Contribution to the thread:
2.25" x 4" handmade cover