Express delivery
By submitting the form express delivery , formerly also express letter and now Express letter called, reached the sender that his mission to the recipient not to the ordinary mail delivery , but by an express offered immediately upon receipt at the delivery post office / -filiale is delivered. If the first attempt at delivery with a special courier is unsuccessful, the shipment can then be treated like a shipment without express delivery and is placed in the house mailbox.
Express delivery is not limited to the types of mail specified in the universal postal contract. Also insured letters , value boxes, ordinary postal parcels , insured parcels and money orders can be delivered by special messenger.
history
The Universal Postal Congress in Lisbon in 1885 decided, on a proposal from Belgium, provisions on express mail ( envois exprès ) for those countries "which agree to carry out this service in their mutual traffic". Only with the entry into force of the Universal Postal Treaty of Paris in 1947 did this restrictive condition of reciprocity cease to exist. Express delivery can only be requested if the destination postal administration offers such a service or only in a spatially and temporally limited area.
A forerunner is mentioned in the postal contract between Prussia and Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1836.
Appearance
Express deliveries must be marked with a red sticky label with the label "Exprès" (express delivery). This regulation was decided at the Universal Postal Congress in Madrid in 1920 . Before that, a stamp with the words "Exprès" was required. The sticky label must be indicated on the label side to the left of the destination information. If a sticky note of the prescribed type is not available, the word "Exprès" must be written in large red letters on the address side of the shipment.
fees
For express delivery, a special express delivery fee must be paid in addition to the usual transport fee. The maximum limit was 80 centimes in the early 1970s . The express delivery fee may not be set lower than the fee for a letter of the first weight level. The fee must be paid in advance. If the express delivery fee has not been paid or has not been paid in full, the shipment will be delivered like a normal shipment. If the mailing company treats an item that has not been postpaid or has not been fully postage paid with regard to the express delivery charge as an express post, the destination post can demand additional charges from the recipient in accordance with Article 22 of the Universal Postal Convention, which was decided at the 1964 Universal Postal Congress in Vienna , from the recipient. If the recipient's home is outside the local delivery area, the destination post can also charge additional fees as for the same type of delivery of a domestic item. The sender cannot pay these additional fees in advance.
Country-specific details
Germany
Express deliveries in Germany were delivered to the Deutsche Bundespost between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. If delivery after 10 p.m. was desired, which was only possible in certain locations, the addition “also at night” was necessary in addition to the note express delivery (which was attached above the address according to DIN 5008 ). The express delivery charge for a shipment was DM 7.00 for delivery between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. , and DM 10.00 between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Parcels, parcels and mail were to be differentiated from this as a “fast delivery”, recognizable by a red and yellow sticky note with black writing. This means that the shipment was not transported via the packet stream, but via the faster letter stream. Express shipments were delivered via the regular delivery service. The sender then had to put the note “Schnellpäckchen”, “Schnellpaket” or “Schnellpostgut” on the shipment or the parcel card . The combination of express delivery and express delivery was permitted and subject to a separate surcharge; Then here too the extradition took place via special messengers. However, there were no express deliveries for normal parcels that were not express deliveries.
Today, this service is being delivered by the Deutsche Post subsidiary DHL as an express letter on the next working day . In addition, DHL also offers an express service for parcels. A parcel reaches the recipient within Germany on the next working day (also on Saturday). Certain times of the day by when the parcel should be delivered can be specified, here in ascending order of price:
- Express service
- Express before 12 noon
- Express before 10 a.m.
- Express before 9 a.m.
- Express delivery on Sundays and public holidays (discontinued in or before 2019)
Austria
The Austrian Post provides express delivery and domestically via Express service Express Mail Service at (EMS). Delivery in Austria takes place within one working day. Additional services offered include early delivery by 10 a.m., delivery on the “desired date” or delivery on Saturdays. These additional services are not available for all postcode areas .
Switzerland
Swiss Post offers the express delivery service for letters and parcels under the name Swiss-Express at two different speeds. As the Swiss-Express "Mond" , delivery in Switzerland and Liechtenstein is guaranteed by 9 a.m. the following day. As a Swiss-Express “Blitz” , delivery takes place on the same day by 5 p.m. “Blitz” express letters and parcels must be posted in the morning (the last time of acceptance depends on the post office). In addition, this offer is only available in certain post offices and same-day delivery is not possible throughout Switzerland. Most of the Alpine region and large parts of the Jura cannot be reached by "lightning". For courier deliveries, Swiss Post places the order with Swissconnect .
See also
literature
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Handheld dictionary of postal services
- 2nd Edition; Pp. 218-220.
- 3. Edition; Pp. 566-569.
- Stephan: History of the Prussian Post from its origins to the present . According to official sources by H. Stephan, Royal Prussian Postal Council. Publishing house of the Royal Secret Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1859, p. 807.
- Scholz: Post, telegraph and telephone law systematically presented . Reprint from: Handbuch des Gesamt Handelsrechts, edited by Viktor Ehrenberg, Volume 5, Section II. OR Reisland, Leipzig 1915, p. 42.
- Archive for Post and Telegraphy: Published on behalf of the Reich Ministry of Post . Verlag Postzeitungsamt, Berlin W, year 1934, p. 131 ff and p. 313 ff.
- K. Bavarian State Ministry for Transport Affairs (Ed.): Review of the first century of the K. Bavarian State Post . Munich 1909. p. 97.
- Weber: Post and telegraphy in the Kingdom of Württemberg . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1901, pp. 187 and 200.
- Sautter: History of the Deutsche Post III . Part: History of the Deutsche Reichspost (1871–1945). Printed in the Bundesdruckerei, Frankfurt / Main 1951, p. 164.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Art. 14 Parcel Agreement; Art. 15 Letter and box agreements and Art. 16 Postal orders and postal travelers check agreements; (all decided at the Universal Postal Congress in Vienna in 1964 )
- ↑ Concise dictionary of the postal system; 3. Edition; P. 569
- ↑ Concise dictionary of the postal system . 3rd edition, p. 566
- ↑ Art. 141 of the Implementing Regulations for the 1964 Vienna Universal Postal Treaty
- ↑ Art. 25 § 2 Universal Postal Treaty 1964 of Vienna
- ↑ EMS - Express Mail Service . Austrian post. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- ↑ EMS - Express Mail Service, additional services . Austrian post. Archived from the original on January 6, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- ↑ Swiss Express . The Swiss Post. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- ↑ Swiss Express - Accessibility list for western Switzerland (PDF) Swiss Post. Accessed on January 2, 2011. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Swiss Express - Accessibility list for the Mittelland (PDF) Swiss Post. Accessed on January 2, 2011. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ post.ch/kurier-bestellen
