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Postal marking complaint postal ship-ment: postal marking on a postal shipment that does not comply with the provisions of the postal regulations in terms of form, content, packaging or franking

Postal marking loss of transport: postal marking on a postal shipment with planned postal connection or special postal transport that could not be carried out

Postal marking confirmation of trans-portation: postal marking on a postal ship-ment that was transported using a specific postal connection or special postal transport

Postal marking damaged postal ship-ment: postal marking on a postal shipment with quality defect originated by wrong handling

Postal marking bag piece: postal marking on a parcel that is suitable for transport in a bag due to its low weight or small size

Postal marking mailbox delivery: postal marking on a postal shipment with additional service that is not provided by a sender in accordance with the regulations left at the post office counter but dropped into a mailbox

Postal marking registered shipment from abroad: postal marking on a postal shipment in cross-border traffic with an un-clear reference to registered mail that was more clearly marked as such by the post in the recipient country and recorded in the national system

Postal marking custom fee: postal mark-ing on a postal shipment for which a recipi-ent must pay customs fees before delivery

Postal marking franco: postal marking on a postal shipment for which the transport fee has been paid by the sender

Postal marking gift shipment: postal marking on a postal shipment with a free gift from a private sender to a private recipient for their personal use

Leader note: postal marking as a sender´s advance decision as to which route his postal shipment is to be transported

Leader note Christkindl: postal marking from a sender requesting the post office to route his postal shipment via the community of Christkindl near Steyr in order to obtain the special cancellation

Postal marking postage due: postal marking on a insufficiently prepaid postal shipment for which the missing transport fee should be paid by the recipient

Postal marking subsequently cancelled: postal marking on a postal shipment in which the franking was (partially) not canceled immediately after delivery but only later

Postal marking paquebot: postal marking on a postal shipment posted by a crew member of a ship in port

Postal marking postage due: postal mark-ing on a postal shipment for which the trans-port fee should be paid by the recipient

Postal marking priority: postal marking on a postal shipment that should be given priority by the post

Postal marking return: postal marking on a postal shipment that could not be delivered to the recipient and was therefore returned to the sender

Postal marking special mail delivery: postal marking which indicates the transport of a postal shipment using a special or un-usual means of transport

Postal marking delay: postal marking on a postal shipment where delivery took longer than usual

Advance directive: postal marking on a postal shipment from the sender what should happen to his postal shipment if it cannot be delivered

Postal marking censorship: postal mark-ing indicating that the contents of a postal shipment have been checked for political or military reasons

Postal marking customs control: postal marking indicating that the contents of a postal shipment have been checked to ensure compliance with export or import regulations

Postal marking exemption from cust-oms control: postal marking indicating that customs did not check the contents of a postal shipment (e.g. due to a customs content declaration)