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Postage fee category: postage fee classification dependent of the kind of shipment and / or sender

Postage fee: postage fee for the transport of a postal shipment (tariff)

Local postage fee: postage fee for the transport of a postal shipment within a local delivery district

Neighboring postage fee: postage fee for the transport of a postal shipment to a nearby location

Inland postage fee: postage fee for the transport of a inland postal shipment

Foreign postage fee: postage fee for the transport of a postal shipment in cross-border traffic

Foreign postal shipment at inland post-age fee: foreign postal shipment that was sent at inland postage fee (e.g. 4 million instead of 18 million mark)

Foreign postal shipment at special postage fee: foreign postal shipment that was sent at a reduced foreign postage fee (e.g. 1.80 instead of 2.40 mark)

Customs connection area special post-age fee: part of a national territory for which a special postal fee applies to certain foreign postal shipments due to traffic rea-sons (e.g. Kleines Walsertal) or its geograph-ical location (e.g., Büsingen)

Basic postal shipment fee: postage fee charged for the transport of a basic postal shipment

Additional service postage fee: postage fee charged for an additional service

Special service postage fee: postage fee charged for a special service

Postage fee concession: basic postal shipment that may be sent at a reduced postal fee under certain conditions

Postage fee reduction: quantity discount granted to a large consignor when submit-ting bulk mail

Postage-free: basic postal shipment that can be sent without paying postage

Official shipment with postage fee: postal shipment sent by an authority to a customer who was required to pay the postage

Postage-free official shipment: postal shipment sent free of charge between two authorities or an authority and a customer

Postal delivery fee: postal fee charged for the delivery of a postal shipment to a recipi-ent

Postage fee based on quantity and weight: postage for large consignors where the total fee is calculated based on the quan-tity and total weight of a consignment (per kilo rate)