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How Much Do My Letter and Parcel Cost? Services and Prices for Private Customers Dear Customer Valid from 1 January 2017 How much do my letter and parcel cost? Services and prices for private customers Dear Customer We are pleased that you are interested in our products and services. The brochure features prices, additional services, dimensions, delivery times, online services and much more. For more information, go to swisspost.ch/sending. Where do I find what? Domestic International Information and services Page 9 Parcels Page 3 Letters Page 4 – 6 Letters Page 4 – 6 Parcels Page 7 – 8 Convenient offers – Pre-franked envelopes and postcards Send mail quickly and easily Pre-franked postcards Address it correctly, seal the envelope, and your letter is ready to Convenient for any change of address and competition reply – send. Our convenient Pre-franked envelopes are available in a so the first prize gets to you on time. Available at your post variety of formats and versions (including Pre-franked air cushion office. envelopes) at postshop.ch and your local post office. PostPac – the ideal packaging Stamps PostPac is the practical packaging range from Swiss Post, Add that extra something to your written message. A classic available in a variety of dimensions from all post offices and at stamp makes your parcel or letter a little more special and gives swisspost.ch/postpac. the recipient a pleasant surprise. Available from the post office counter or at postshop.ch. 2 Domestic parcels Standard parcels Calculate prices Swiss-Express All rates also online: Weight PostPac Priority PostPac Economy “Moon” swisspost.ch/calculate-prices up to 1kg 16.00 9.00 7.00 up to 2kg 18.00 Delivery times up to 5kg 20.00 11.00 9.00 up to 10kg 24.00 12.00 10.00 Swiss Express “Moon” and Bulky goods “Moon” up to 20kg 27.00 18.00 15.00 Hand-in before deadline for accepting up to 30kg 30.00 25.00 22.00 mail – usually until counters close in the evening, and on Saturday until counters Bulky goods close at midday. Delivery the next working up to 30kg 37.00 31.00 29.00 day by 9 a.m. at the latest: A price reduction of CHF 1.50 (incl. VAT) versus published list prices applies for return parcels (Priority or Economy) Monday Tuesday with pre-printed labels (consignment barcodes beginning with 99.01) to mail order companies. Tuesday Wednesday Returns of undeliverable items will come as PostPac Economy or Bulky goods Economy. There is also a surcharge Wednesday Thursday of CHF 0.50 on the listed prices, which is payable on delivery. Thursday Friday Friday Saturday Saturday Monday 1 Standard parcels include Bulky goods include Sunday Monday 1 At selected post offices. Minimum dimensions (recommended) Consignments larger than standard par- PostPac Priority and Bulky goods Thickness: 1cm cels (items over 100 cm in length or with Priority Weight: 100g two dimensions greater than 60 cm), More than 200 post offices accept these Format: 10.5×14.8cm (A6) items with a tag and unpackaged items. types of parcel until 4 p.m. At all other post offices, items must be mailed by 12 Maximum dimensions (required) Maximum dimensions (required) noon. Delivery on the next working day Weight: 30kg Length: max. 250 cm (excluding Saturdays): Format: 60 × 60 × 100 cm or circumference max. 400 cm Monday Tuesday (2× height + 2× width + longest side) Tuesday Wednesday Weight: 30 kg Wednesday Thursday Thursday Friday Max. 30 kg Friday Monday 60 cm >100 cm Saturday Tuesday Max. 30 kg 60 cm 100 cm >100 cm swisspost.ch/locations Additional services PostPac Economy Manual processing and Bulky goods Economy Surcharge 4.00 Liability included Delivery within two working days The following items are (excluding Saturdays): processed manually: For domestic parcels, Swiss Post is liable – Tubes including tins, pyramids, triangular packages Monday Wednesday up to 100cm in length for loss, damage or incorrect delivery up Tuesday Thursday – Bottles (excluding glass) to CHF 500.00. Wednesday Friday – All canisters – Consignments in packaging For tips on packaging and addressing Thursday Monday made of wood, metal or leather your consignments correctly, go to Friday Tuesday swisspost.ch/tips-for-sending-mail. Saturday Wednesday Signature Delivery against signature Postage for all parcels must be paid at the Surcharge 2.00 time they are handed in. Forwarded and Signature: liability for loss, damage or returned shipments are treated as new Dangerous goods incorrect delivery up to CHF 1,500.00. consignments. Dangerous goods are products that could pose a threat to people or the environ- Quick pick-up – quick delivery ment. You can find information on send- ing dangerous goods in Switzerland at For consignments you wish to have swisspost.ch/dangerous-goods-private. delivered to the recipient today, call on +41 (0)848 88 88 88. 3 Domestic letters A Mail A Mail Plus Registered B Mail Format up to B5 Liability for loss, damage or incorrect Liability for loss, damage or incorrect 2 cm thickness* delivery of up to CHF 100.– delivery of up to CHF 500.– (or 5 cm for Registered) with WebStamp with WebStamp / Registered Prepaid Standard letter 1 – 100 g 1.00 0.85 3.40 2.40 6.30 5.30 Midi letter 101 – 250 g 1.30 1.10 * Additional fee for standard and midi letters (A and B Mail) with a thickness over 2 and up to 5 cm: CHF 1.50 per letter. Large letter, A Mail A Mail Plus Registered B Mail Liability for loss, damage or incorrect Liability for loss, damage or incorrect format up to B4 delivery of up to CHF 100.– delivery of up to CHF 500.– 2 cm thickness with WebStamp with WebStamp / Registered Prepaid 1 – 500 g 2.00 1.80 5.20 4.20 6.30 5.30 501 – 1,000 g 4.00 3.60 International letters Standard letter, Priority Economy format up to B5 Other Other Europe Europe 2 cm thickness countries countries 1 – 20 g 1.50 2.00 1.40 1.70 21 – 50 g 2.60 3.80 2.20 2.80 51 – 100 g 3.70 5.00 2.90 3.60 Large letter, Priority Economy Removable. Valid from 1 January 2017. from Removable. Valid format up to B4 Other Other Europe Europe 2 cm thickness countries countries 1 – 100 g 4.30 5.80 3.80 4.20 101 – 250 g 7.00 9.00 4.90 6.00 251 – 500 g 12.00 16.00 8.00 9.00 501 – 1,000 g 17.00 25.00 10.00 15.00 Maxi letter 1 Priority Economy Other Other Europe Europe countries countries 1 – 500 g 13.00 18.00 9.00 11.00 501 – 1,000 g 18.00 30.00 12.00 17.00 1001 – 2,000 g 30.00 42.00 23.00 31.00 1 Length + width + height = max. 90 cm, no dimension to exceed 60 cm. Rolls: length + twice the diameter = max. 104 cm, length not in excess of 90 cm, weight max. 2 kg. For information on mailing consignments that exceed the maximum dimensions for letters, see Domestic parcels (page 3) or International parcels (pages 7 and 8). 4 Domestic Additional services for Registered mail Formats Surcharge for Personal delivery 6.00 Standard formats up to B5 Surcharge for Return receipt 5.30 A6 14.8× 10.5 cm C6 16.2× 11.4 cm C6/5 22.4 × 11.4 cm A5 21.0× 14.8 cm C5 22.9× 16.2 cm B5 25.0× 17.6 cm Standard formats up to B4 A4 29.7× 21.0 cm C4 32.4× 22.9 cm B4 35.3 × 25.0 cm Calculate prices All rates also online: swisspost.ch/calculate-prices International 17.6 cm) Additional services for Priority (25 × (25 Surcharge for Registered mail 6.00 Liability for loss or damage up to CHF 150.00 Surcharge PRIORITY Plus 5.00 For electronic consignment tracking (track & trace). Service only available for selected countries (see swisspost.ch/info-int). Additional services for Registered Format B5 mail Priority Surcharge for Personal delivery 6.00 Service only available for selected countries (see swisspost.ch/info-int). Surcharge for Return receipt 5.30 25 cm) (35.3 × (35.3 Format B4 The General Terms and Conditions of Post CH Ltd (swisspost.ch/gtc) and the associated communication in their current versions, including the information on prices, form the basis of the range of services offered by Post CH Ltd. The services and prices are also valid for the Principality of Liechtenstein. We expressly reserve the right to make changes. Domestic prices include VAT. 5 Domestic letters A Mail Plus PromoPost Next Day Delivery times A Mail Plus is the right way to send con- PromoPost Next Day allows you to reach A Mail signments with contents that require all the residential addresses and private Delivery on the following day (excluding more security than A Mail (e.g. tickets). customer post boxes in Switzerland. If Sundays and federal, cantonal and re- An A Mail Plus letter can be tracked elec- they are submitted on time, the unad- gional holidays), provided the consign- tronically from dispatch to delivery. Deliv- dressed consignments will arrive on the ment is submitted to the post office be- ery does not require a signature. Liability next working day (Monday to Friday). fore the last post (A Mail) or before the for loss, damage or incorrect delivery of You can send items with a weight of up last post-box collection. up to CHF 100.00. to 50 g, a size of up to format B5 and a thickness of up to 5 mm for CHF 0.40 each.
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