Let's See Your Smallest Covers

Homemade envelope. One of the few 114s I have seen that does not indicate the origin PO, against PO regulations.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I think we may have a winner:



Cavendish Auction #818, lot 1557

Its hard to imagine much smaller than that!

A really cute cover...haha

Here are some more from my collection



Don

I have some questions about the Cavendish Auction Chislehurst cover.

Is this really a cover, or a manufactured/contrived item. The address side is much darker than the other paper. Could this be a piece glued over a clipping?

Also, were there absolutely no size limitations on mail? It is hard to imagine this item being accepted at a post office counter. If it were put in the mail stream, it would be in constant danger of being lost or discarded as a scrap.

The Cavendish description stated:

"KENT - RARE TINY STAMP-SIZED 1897 COVER TO JERSEY - 30 Mar. 1897 'envelope' (folded to only the size of an 1881 1d lilac), the stamp cancelled with part 'CHISLEHURST/STAT[ION OFFI]CE cds, with original letter datelined 'Cleeveland' [sic]. A rare survivor."

My 3 smallest Prexie 3c covers (and 1 Prexie 1c cover).

Reduced envelope first flight cover from San Juan to Miami FAM-6 in January 1929. Nice franking!

One 1 cent bisect certainly stands out!

These are made from heavy cardstock. 92mm x 51mm
- Chris

I do like tiny covers. I have six or seven to scan when I get home, but meanwhile here's one I just bought on ebay.

I had hoped my contribution might make it as the smallest cover, but at 93mm x 60mm, (that's 3.625" x 2.25" for the metrically challenged), I wasn't even close.

So here's my entry for the smallest postage due cover.

Purists here will no doubt argue this isn't a "cover", but a "card"

And again, I am thinking I have uploaded these 2 before, though I can't find the thread!!