BS 4264:1987
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Specification for envelopes for commercial, official and professional use
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English
31-07-1987
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Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Dimensions of envelopes and windows
Appendix
A. Storage
Tables
1. Key sizes of envelopes
2. Window envelopes
Figures
1. Banker envelopes designated 110 mm x 220 mm
2. Pocket envelopes designated 220 mm x 110 mm
3. Envelope sizes as given in ISO 269
Sizes and styles. Advice on storage is given in an appendix. Excludes envelopes for use with insertion machines and for the storage of X-ray films.
| Committee |
PAI/11
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 86/39425 DC and BS 4264(1976). Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2011. (11/2011)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
12
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This British Standard specifies sizes and styles of envelope for commercial, official and professional use. It includes sizes suitable for use with the forms and letterheads specified in BS 1808 and sizes selected from ISO 269. Advice about the storage of envelopes is given in Appendix A.
This British Standard does not apply to envelopes for special purposes such as for use with inserting machines, which may require sizes slightly larger than those specified. Requirements for storage envelopes for processed X-ray films are specified in BS 3043.
NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this British Standard are listed on the inside back cover.
| Standards | Relationship |
| ISO 269:1985 | Similar to |
| BS 4000:1968 | Sizes of paper and board |
| BS 6456:1983 | Glossary of terms for correspondence envelopes |
| BS 1808:1985 | Specification for cut business forms and letterheads |
| BS 3043:1973 | Specification for storage envelopes for processed X-ray films for medical radiography |
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