Royal mail large letter boxes

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petunia100
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I want to buy the largest size of box that complies with The Royal Mail large letter size. Can anyone advise me as to what sort is best to buy as there seems to be different types i.e die cut ones and tab ones.Some of them seem to be a bit larger than the Royal Mail dimensions of 240 x 165 x 5. Surely they wouldn't be accepted.

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  • jeffuk
    jeffuk Posts: 606 Forumite
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    I thought LL size was 353mm x 250mm x 25mm
  • theonlywayisup
    theonlywayisup Posts: 16,031 Forumite
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    petunia100 wrote: »
    I want to buy the largest size of box that complies with The Royal Mail large letter size. Can anyone advise me as to what sort is best to buy as there seems to be different types i.e die cut ones and tab ones.Some of them seem to be a bit larger than the Royal Mail dimensions of 240 x 165 x 5. Surely they wouldn't be accepted.

    As above, that's not LL, that is the Letter size.
  • martindow
    martindow Posts: 10,218 Forumite
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    Often box sizes are determined by the interior dimensions. You need to be sure that the height measured outside is under 25mm.
  • petunia100
    petunia100 Posts: 527 Forumite
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    Oh yes I've got the dimensions wrong.
    Which are better die cast or tabs?
  • Gary123456790
    Gary123456790 Posts: 638 Forumite
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    petunia100 wrote: »
    Which are better die cast or tabs?
    It depends what you want it for - there are loads of large letter boxes on ebay, if they are reasonable quality cardboard you get about 18mm usable height inside, plenty of width as large letter is A4 size i believe.

    If you arent sure then just order 1 and try it!

    Thanks,

    Gary.
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