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Knowledge / Postal Shipments / Postage Fees / Other Terms

Distance Postage Fee: postage fee for postal shipments in defined weight categories taking distance into account (e.g. domestic parcel < 75 km: 6 mark; > 75 km: 9 mark)

Uniform Postage Fee: postage fee for post-al shipments in defined weight categories without taking distance into account (e.g. domestic covers)

Postage Fee Breakdown: breakdown of the face value of postage stamps on a postal shipment into basic and additional services fees:

Foreign cover with registeration, return receipt, and special delivery (51-500 g) franked with 15 stamps a 70 cents (=1,050 cents, 370 cover, 250 registeration, 215 return receipt, 215 special delivery)

Postage Evasion: sending an unpaid or insufficiently paid postal shipment due to ignorance or with fraudulent intent

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