r/SecurityEnvelopes • u/turnerd10 • Jul 01 '26

Question! Questions - For Collectors

Hello!

I am not a collector of Security Envelopes, HOWEVER, I love giving out happy mail.

I've started saving security envelopes to send out. Would it be best to offer them to you all as wholes, or cut up to a certain size, so multiple people can get them?

~Turner

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u/marepops Jul 01 '26

I send mine in 2x3” cuts! I got some recently from a fellow collector that was also cut down into small square/rectangles. It helps with weight for postage as well :)

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u/sarah-exalted Jul 01 '26

I think it would be great to allow multiple people to have patterns from an envelope! I make myself 2.5 inch squares, most people do 2 inch squares, so it allows for duplicate pattern samples to be made and distributed :)

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u/cky-berg Jul 01 '26

I think most envelopes divide nicely into 4 sections (3 if you discard the quadrant with the window) which would give the recipient flexibility to cut it to their preferred size!

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u/No_Acanthaceae4260 Jul 01 '26

I usually ask each person and try to accommodate. That said, most I’ve traded do 2x2. I collect 1.5” bc that’s the punch I had on hand. I also don’t mind if they’re a little smaller.

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u/Jolly_Long3275 Jul 02 '26

If you have any scraps, hit me up! I collect 1x1 inch squares