diff -r bfff89ed356b Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py
--- a/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py	Thu Sep 01 22:10:09 2016 -0400
+++ b/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py	Fri Sep 02 15:15:40 2016 +0800
@@ -1576,6 +1576,9 @@
             "expected '\"' but found '{}'".format(value))
     bare_quoted_string = BareQuotedString()
     value = value[1:]
+    if value[0] == '"':
+        token, value = get_qcontent(value)
+        bare_quoted_string.append(token)
     while value and value[0] != '"':
         if value[0] in WSP:
             token, value = get_fws(value)
diff -r bfff89ed356b Lib/test/test_email/test__header_value_parser.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_email/test__header_value_parser.py	Thu Sep 01 22:10:09 2016 -0400
+++ b/Lib/test/test_email/test__header_value_parser.py	Fri Sep 02 15:15:40 2016 +0800
@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@
         with self.assertRaises(errors.HeaderParseError):
             parser.get_bare_quoted_string('  "foo"')
 
+    def test_get_bare_quoted_string_only_quotes(self):
+        self._test_get_x(parser.get_bare_quoted_string,
+                         '""', '""', '', [], '')
+
     def test_get_bare_quoted_string_following_wsp_preserved(self):
         self._test_get_x(parser.get_bare_quoted_string,
              '"foo"\t bar', '"foo"', 'foo', [], '\t bar')
@@ -1480,6 +1484,19 @@
         self.assertIsNone(angle_addr.route)
         self.assertEqual(angle_addr.addr_spec, '<>')
 
+    def test_get_angle_addr_qs_only_quotes(self):
+        angle_addr = self._test_get_x(parser.get_angle_addr,
+            '<""@example.com>',
+            '<""@example.com>',
+            '<""@example.com>',
+            [],
+            '')
+        self.assertEqual(angle_addr.token_type, 'angle-addr')
+        self.assertEqual(angle_addr.local_part, '')
+        self.assertEqual(angle_addr.domain, 'example.com')
+        self.assertIsNone(angle_addr.route)
+        self.assertEqual(angle_addr.addr_spec, '@example.com')
+
     def test_get_angle_addr_with_cfws(self):
         angle_addr = self._test_get_x(parser.get_angle_addr,
             ' (foo) <dinsdale@example.com>(bar)',