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Deutsche Post with an important change: Send letters without postage

2021-02-11T11:02:01.542Z


Deutsche Post is introducing a new option. Letters and postcards can now be sent without a normal postage stamp. But consumers need to know some important details.


Deutsche Post is introducing a new option.

Letters and postcards can now be sent without a normal postage stamp.

But consumers need to know some important details.

  • The

    German Post

    has published a new function.

  • Letters

    and

    postcards

    can be

    franked

    with a “

    mobile postage stamp

    ”.

  • What you have to consider when

    sending

    without a normal postage stamp.

Frankfurt - In the age of

smartphones

and the like, it is no longer so common to

send

a

letter

with

Deutsche Post

.

Because instead of keeping your friends up to date by letter, a simple status update on

WhatsApp

or

Facebook

is sufficient

.

If a letter is sent, then it is often important mail for offices, the bank or the employer.

Because important, legal documents often require a handwritten signature.

It is all the worse when there is no

more

postage

in the house.

But instead of

having

to queue

up in the

post office

for new

stamps

, there is now a new way of

sending

letters

.

And all without a stamp.

Instead, a

smartphone

and a pen are

sufficient

.

Deutsche Post: Forgot your stamp?

This could get expensive

Billions of

letters

are sent in

Germany

every year.

Most of them are properly

stamped

.

If the stamp was forgotten or the last postage increase was missed, the letter will not arrive.

Deutsche Post then usually sends it back to the sender.

However, if there are “operational reasons” against this, the letter can also be forwarded to the recipient, explains

Deutsche Post

.

But that will be expensive, because then a so-called collection fee is due that either the recipient or the sender have to pay.

The new function at Swiss Post avoids this annoyance because normal postage stamps are no longer needed.

Type of post

Collection fee (per individual shipment) in national shipping

Postcard or standard letter

70 cents

Large letter or maxi letter

2 euros

Book shipment or shipment of goods

2 euros

Source: Deutsche Post

Deutsche Post has a new feature: this is how you can easily send a letter without a postage stamp

But how exactly does the dispatch of post work without a standard postage stamp?

To do this, you need

the

Deutsche Post

app

called

"Post & DHL App"

.

This can be downloaded to your smartphone from the App Store or Google Play Store.

You don't have to register in order to use the function.

It is important that you have a PayPal account so that you

can pay

the

postage costs

.

With the old version of “

mobile phone

postage

” it was still possible to settle the bill using the mobile phone number.

That is no longer possible with the mobile postage stamp.

Then you can start.

First, the shipping method must be selected in the app.

It is important here that shipping without

postage

in this function is only limited to Germany.

If you have to send letters or postcards abroad, you cannot yet use this function.

Parcels cannot be sent with the

mobile postage stamp

either.

The function is limited to the products

postcard, standard letter, compact letter and large letter

.

+

Deutsche Post: With a new function, you can do without normal postage stamps.

(Symbol image)

© Revierfoto / imago-images

New function at Deutsche Post: You have to pay attention to this with the mobile postage stamp

Then you have to select the "Code for labeling".

Then you can

pay for

the so-called

mobile postage stamp

.

This costs just as much as a normal postage stamp, there is no extra charge for the function.

Once you have

paid

your postage to

Deutsche Post

, you will receive a code.

It consists of the word

"#PORTO"

and a string of eight characters.

Please note that this

code is

only valid for 14 days.

After that you can no longer use it.

Then all you need is a pen.

Because instead of the postage stamp, you

now have to

add

the code from the

app to

your

letter

or

postcard

.

Write it in the place where you would normally stick the mark.

In the case of letters or postcards, this area is usually a box at the top right.

Warning:

The code should not protrude over the edges of the box.

Use a dark ballpoint pen or a fine felt-tip pen when writing so that the code is easy to read.

It is also important to write down the code in two lines.

In the first line only the term "

#Porto

" is included, underneath the eight-digit string.

  • How do I use the mobile postage stamp?

  • Step 1:

    Download the "Post & DHL" app and store PayPal data.

  • Step 2:

    Select postage and "Code to write on".

  • Step 3:

    Write two lines of code on the letter.

Deutsche Post: What happens to unused codes of the “mobile phone postage” function?

Your

letter is then

franked with the mobile postage stamp and can be sent to the nearest mailbox.

If you accidentally

bought the

wrong

stamp

, you can cancel it.

The

German postal

purpose offers a contact form.

If you have still used the previous “Mobile phone postage” function, you can temporarily still use unused codes for shipping, as Deutsche Post announces.

(Sophia Lother)

* fnp.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

However, properly franked letters do not always reach the intended recipient.

After a bizarre mix-up at Deutsche Post *, a student's housework suddenly ended up in a completely different place.

List of rubric lists: © Revierfoto / imago-images

Source: merkur

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