Knowledge / Postal Shipments / Addresses / Kinds

Address kind: summary of the different intended styls of addresses

Handwritten address: postal shipment with a handwritten address

Rubber address: postal shipment with a stamped address

Printed address: postal shipment with a printed address

Wet adhesive note address: postal shipment with a wet adhesive note address

Label address: postal shipment with a self-adhesive sticker (label) as address

Address flap: paper that has been glued to a used envelope in order to use it again (e.g. due to a shortage of materials)

Address of devotion: usually pre-philatelic letter to a noble recipient with mention of several of his titles in the address

Hotel shipment: postal shipment that is addressed to a recipient who is temporarily staying in an accommodation facility (e.g. hotel, inn)

Hier: formerly common location information in Germany on postal shipments in local traffic

Collective address: general address on a direct mail for a larger group of recipients (e.g. to all households)