Postage and invitations: need help

I have a few questions for those brides that have already sent out invitations. I am interested in getting custom made invitations and am trying to figure out what size invitation to go with.

1. I notice that square invitations cost more in postage (many of the wedding stationary books I flip through have said this). On average, how much postage is required on them?

2. I have received standard 5 1/2 inch by 7 1/2 inch wedding invitations in the mail before and they had a 60 cent stamp on them. Are there any size invitations (with the usual inserts) that could be mailed for 37 cents?

3. The Postal Service has issued a stamp of the USS Constellation and I thought they would look great on my invitations since I am doing a nautical theme. But I am worried that because it is a 37 cent stamp, I will have to add an additional stamp besides it to my invitation. Would it look tacky to put more than one stamp on an invite (versus using a different stamp (non-nautical) that costs the exact amount of postage)? I am guessing it is, but I would like to try to use them.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Post Office would be able to answer your questions regarding the postage requirements for larger envelopes.

To use a 37 cent envelope it must weigh one ounce or less...so that would limit the enclosures you could send.

If you want to pay a little more to have the two stamps you want like on the envelope, then go ahead. It is certainly not tacky..they are just stamps.

My invites were in a regular sized envelope (A10) and postage was 60 cents becasue it was heavier than an ounce. I think for oversized envelopes it's still 60 cents.
I don't thin it matetrs if you have more than one stamp on the envelope...

Square invites only cost more when they are less than an ounce. If you are paying the 60 cents anyway more a heavier than 1 ounce mailing, the shape no longer matters.

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Posted by Sonicstef

Square invites only cost more when they are less than an ounce. If you are paying the 60 cents anyway more a heavier than 1 ounce mailing, the shape no longer matters.

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I didn't know that, thanks!