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Postal Marking Category: classification of postal markings depending on the destination and / or which senders are allowed to send a postal shipment containing them

Postal Marking Fee Reduction: marking indicating a basic postal shipment which can be sent at a particularly low fee under certain conditions

Postal Marking Free Of Charge: marking indicating a basic postal shipment which can be sent without paying a fee

Postal Marking Basic Postal Shipment: marking indicating a basic postal shipment that can be sent by post

Postal Marking Articles For The Blind: marking indicating a free of charge basic postal shipment which may only contain written material in braille or audio recordings

Postal Marking Letter: marking indicating a sealed basic shipment for sending message

Postal Marking Letter Printed Matter: marking indicating a fee reduced basic postal shipment as a hybrid between letters and printed matter

Postal Marking Book Post: marking indi-cating a fee reduced basic postal shipment for shipping printed works (e.g. books, sheet music)

Postal Marking Book Order: marking indi-cating a fee reduced basic postal shipment for ordering books and other printed matter

Postal Marking Dialogue Post: marking indicating a fee reduced basic postal ship-ment for bulk shipping in larger quantities

Postal Marking Printed Matter: marking indicating a fee reduced basic postal ship-ment whose content was only produced by mechanical or photomechanical reproduc-tion (e.g. printing)

Postal Marking Business Documents: marking indicating a fee reduced basic post-al shipment whose content does not have the characteristics of a personal communication (e.g. files, documents)

Postal Marking Info Letter / Infopost: marking indicating a fee reduced basic postal shipment whose content was only produced by mechanical or photomechanical reproduction (e.g. printing)

Postal Marking Land Transportation: marking indicating a basic postal shipment in international traffic that should be transport-ed via the slower but cheaper overland route

Postal Marking Bulk Rate Printed Matter: marking indicating a fee reduced basic postal shipment for sending printed matter in larger quantities

Postal Marking Small Parcel: marking indicating a basic postal shipment for send-ing small-format goods weighing up to 2 kilograms

Postal Marking Parcel: marking indicating a basic postal shipment for sending goods

Postal Marking Money Order: marking indicating a money transfer with cash payment to the recipient by the deliverer

Postal Marking Business Parcel: marking indicating a basic postal shipment for busi-ness parcel or small parcel with the same posting number

Postal Marking Postcard: marking indi-cating a basic postal shipment for sending short messages

Postal Marking Postcard With Answer: marking indicating a connected double card consisting of a question and an answer part

Postal Marking Direct Mail: marking indi-cating a fee reduced basic postal shipment for sending mass printed matter with a collective address (e.g. to all households)

Postal Marking Student Letter: marking indicating a fee reduced basic postal ship-ment for sending pen pal letters between students that were transported internatio-nally by airmail at land rates

Postal Marking Wrapper Newspaper: marking indicating a fee reduced basic postal shipment whose content was only produced by mechanical or photomechanical reproduction (e.g. printing)

Postal Marking Consignment Of Goods: marking indicating a fee reduced basic postal shipment for sending samples or paper goods

Postal Marking Business Printed Matter: marking indicating a fee reduced basic post-al shipment which could contain a combi-nation of printed matter, business papers and product samples

Postal Marking Payment Card: marking indicating a money transfer with cash pay-ment at the post office counter and credited to a post office checking account

Postal Marking Additional Services: marking indicating a postal services that can (usually) be demanded from a sender for an additional fee to the basic shipment

Postal Marking Urgent: marking indicating an additional service in which a parcel is transported to the destination post office as quickly as possible and immediately deliver-ed to the recipient by a special courier

Postal Marking Personal Delivery: mark-ing indicating an additional service where a postal shipment is only given personally to the specified recipient

Postal Marking Special Delivery: marking indicating an additional service in which a postal shipment is immediately delivered to the recipient by a special messenger after it has been received at the post office of destination

Postal Marking Throw In Registeration: marking indicating an additional service from Deutsche Post in which the sender receives a certificate of delivery and the deliverer docu-ments the insertion into the recipient´s mailbox

Postal Marking Air Mail: marking indi-cating an additional service in which the transport takes place by aircraft at the request of the sender

Postal Marking Balloon Air Mail: marking indicating an additional service in which the transport takes place by hot air balloon at the request of the sender

Postal Marking Air Field Post: marking indicating a free of charge additional service in which the transport of a military postal shipment is carried out by aircraft

Postal MarkingCash On Delivery: marking indicating an additional service in which the postal shipment is only handed over to the recipient after payment of the amount of money specified by the sender (special service in Germany until May 31, 1890)

Postal Marking Postident: marking indicating an additional service in which the recipient´s identity is determined in accor-dance with the law

Postal Marking Poste Restante: marking indicating a free of charge additional service in which a postal shipment is not delivered but is picked up by the recipient at the counter of a post office (charges apply in Germany until November 31, 1923)

Postal Marking Prio: marking indicating an additional service from Deutsche Post where a postal shipment is more likely to reach the recipient just one day after it is posted

Postal Marking Advice Of Delivery: marking indicating an additional service in which a recipient must acknowledge receipt of a postal shipment on a receipt which is then sent back to the sender

Postal Marking Express Parcel: marking indicating an additional service in which a parcel is transported to the destination post office as quickly as possible and immediately delivered to the recipient by a special courier

Postal Marking Fast Shipment: marking indicating an additional service in which a parcel is immediately delivered to the recipi-ent by a special messenger after it has been received at the post office of destination

Postal Marking Bulky Goods: marking indicating an additional service for a large format parcel that exceeds the maximum dimensions for standard parcels

Postal Marking Submarine: marking indi-cating an additional service in which the transport takes place by an underwater vessel at the sender´s request

Postal Marking Handing Over Register-ation: marking indicating an additional ser-vice in which the sender´s delivery is certi-fied and the recipient must confirm receipt of the postal shipment in writing

Chargé Grid: handwritten grid-shaped mark-ing indicating the additional service regis-teration (riddle grid)

Postal Marking Value Declared: marking indicating an additional service in which the sender´s delivery is certified and the recipi-ent must confirm receipt of the postal ship-ment with a signature. In the event of loss, the post is liable for the actual amount up to the stated value (special service in Germany until September 30, 1919)

Postal Marking Confidential Official Shipment: marking indicating an additional service where an official shipment is only delivered to the specified recipient group (Vertrauliche Dienstsache)

Postal Marking Affidavit Of Service: marking indicating an additional service where a form is enclosed with a postal shipment on which the deliverer documents the formal del-ivery and then sends it back to the sender (special service in Germany from August 1st, 1964)

Postal Marking Special Services: marking indicating a postal services that can be charged to a sender for a fixed fee

Postal Marking Aerogramme: marking indicating a pecial service for a foreign letter with airmail consisting of an envelope or folded letter made of thin paper that weighs no more than 5 grams

Postal Marking Individual Address Check: marking indicating a special service in which the post checks the accuracy of a recipient´s address

Postal Marking Collective Address Check: marking indicating a special service in which the post office checks several recipients´ addresses in a city for accuracy

Postal Marking Cash On Delivery: mark-ing indicating a special service in which the postal shipment is only handed over to the recipient after payment of the amount of money specified by the sender (additional service in Germany from June 1st, 1890)

Postal Marking Forwarding Request: marking indicating a special service with which a recipient instructs the post to for-ward the mail addressed to him to his new address

Postal Marking Postal Order: marking indicating a special service with which the post is commissioned to collect an amount of money from a recipient or to present a bill of exchange or check for redemption

Postal Marking Pneumatic Mail: marking indicating a special service in which the transport takes place in a can through pipe-lines using compressed or suction air (ad-ditional service in Germany from August 1st, 1927)

Postal Marking Consignment Of Goods With Proof Of Delivery: marking indicating a special service for shipments of goods in which the deliverer documents the insertion into the recipient´s mailbox

Postal Marking Value Declared: marking indicating a special service in which the sender´s delivery is certified and the rec-ipient must confirm receipt of the postal shipment with a signature. In the event of loss, the post is liable for the actual amount up to the stated value (additional service in Germany from October 1st, 1919)

Postal Marking Newspaper Order: mark-ing indicating a special service for ordering newspapers

Postal Marking Newspaper Matter: mark-ing indicating a special service for the sub-sequent delivery or reordering of newspapers

Postal Marking Zeppelin Air Mail: mark-ing indicating a special service in which the transport takes place by zeppelin aircraft at the request of the sender

Postal Marking Affidavit Of Service: marking indicating a special service where a form is enclosed with a postal shipment on which the deliverer documents the formal delivery and then sends it back to the sender (additional service in Germany until July 31, 1964)

Postal Marking Consumer Group Shipments: marking indicating a shipments that may only be sent by a specific group of senders

Postal Marking Official Shipment: mark-ing indicating a mostly free of charge postal shipment between two authorities or an authority and a customer

Postal Marking Field Post Shipment: marking indicating a mostly free of charge postal shipment between a soldier and his relatives or two military units

Postal Marking Prisoner Of War Ship-ment marking indicating a free of charge postal shipment between a prisoner of war and his or her relatives

Postal Marking Homecoming Shipment: marking indicating a free of charge postal shipment for returning soldiers who have not yet been able to be released due to their wounds or illness

Postal Marking Post Office Shipment: marking indicating a free of charge postal shipment between two postal institutions or the post and a customer

Postal Marking Postal Check Letter: marking indicating a mostly free of charge postal shipment for the purpose of submit-ting orders from an account holder to his postal check office

Postal Marking Voting Letter: marking indicating a mostly free of charge postal shipment for returning the completed postal voting documents