Unorder notification
The non-order notification was a mechanism used by Swiss Post to determine the recipient in the event of ambiguity or undeliverability.
Details
In the event that ordinary or registered parcels could not be ordered (today: undeliverable) , the postal regulations of 1878 allowed a note on the letter accompanying the parcel to be "If not orderable, message". The forwarding or return was not postage free. If such a parcel could not be ordered at the destination, the post office of the destination had to ask the sender whether the parcel should be returned or handed over to another person, be it at the same or a different place in the German Reich. The simple letter postage was used for the notification. The answer had to be sent postage paid to the inquiring post office and contain a clear order about the package. If the post office did not receive an answer within ten days of sending your request, the package was sent back to the place of posting. On March 12, 1883, the term "Unorderable Message" was introduced for the request. Such a report was also issued if there was any uncertainty about the recipient, for example if the name was identical. The sender had to pay the postage costs of 20 pfennigs for a message that could not be ordered and the response to be given. From March 1, 1895, letters with an indication of the value or postal orders were also included, and from January 1, 1899, cash on delivery items were also included . The sender had to pay the fee in cash. If the answer did not lead to delivery, the package was sent back and no further notification of the non-orderability was issued. The sender could also leave the shipment to the postal administration; he had to pay the postage costs incurred, the fee for the non-orderable report and other costs incurred by the administration for the shipment up to the amount that was not covered by the sale of the package. During the period of inflation, these fees also increased. On April 1, 1921, the fee for a report that could not be ordered was 1 Mark in the domestic service and 2 Mark abroad.
The postal regulations valid from 1929 until 1964 specify: “For parcels, insured letters or postal orders, if the addressee is not clearly identifiable from the label and if the sender is indicated on the postal orders, a notification that cannot be ordered must be issued. Elsewhere: The messages that cannot be ordered are to be sent directly to the sender of the undeliverable item. The sender has to pay a fee for the report even if he refuses to accept the report or leaves the report unanswered. V. The sender can dispose of a package that has not been reported to be ordered that either the delivery should be made again to the original recipient or to a second and, if necessary, to a third person within the Reichspostgebiet, or that the package should be returned to him himself, on his account and risk is sold or given to the post office. If none of these deliveries can be carried out, the package will be sent back to the sender without a further notification that the order cannot be placed. "
In the postal regulations of 1964, the designation changes to " Notification of undeliverability ", it was sent to the sender for a special fee. The following fees were charged for the return: the value fee for shipments with a value declaration fee, the parcel or postage fee for parcels, the airmail fee for parcels to be transported by airmail, and the fast shipping fee for express parcel deliveries. The remuneration of 60 pfennigs valid on March 1, 1963 remained unchanged until July 1, 1991 and then rose to 2 marks 50.
present
Since July 1, 2006, the return of DHL parcels within Germany has generally been free of charge. The undeliverability is no longer displayed. When forwarding parcels, a special fee of € 3.90 is added to the flat rate for the domestic forwarding service for private customers (for 6 months at € 14.80 or 12 months at € 29.80).
Individual evidence
- ↑ U. Meyer, H. Herzog: The German Post in the Universal Postal Union and Exchange: Explanations for the Universal Postal Manual and the manual for the exchange . Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-662-26298-6 ( google.co.uk [accessed October 23, 2017]).