Send registered mail to England
Anyone who decides to send personal letters to England as registered mail will benefit from two advantages: You will receive proof of the Post your letter at the post office of your choice and you can rest assured that your registered mail will only be sent to the recipient in England with a signature is handed out. You can prepare a registered letter at home that you would like to send to England: these are the most important elements international basic postage and the chargeable, self-adhesive label, which your shipment explicitly as registered mail indicates. The latter can, for example, be purchased directly from the Deutsche Post online shop.
How to send a registered mail to England
- You can send the following basic products to England in the form of an international registered mail: A letter or a postcard, magazines and books, international letters at the kilo tariff (from 500 items, e.g. B. large amounts of business mail) and the so-called “M-bag” (a sack made of tear-resistant material in which you can send several books or magazines to the same recipient).
- An international letter costs 70 cents up to 20g and 1.25 euros up to 50g. An international large letter costs EUR 3.40 (up to 500g), an international maxi letter has a price of EUR 6 (up to 1000g) or from 14 euros (up to 2000g). For an international postcard you have to pay a basic postage of 65 cents. The costs for magazines and books range between 2.70 euros (up to 500g), 5 euros (up to 1000g) or 10 euros (up to 2000g). The price for international letters at the kilo tariff is made up of the kilo price (8.50 euros) and the unit price (0.43 euros). The worldwide media package, the M-bag, costs you 4 euros per kilo or part thereof (minimum charge: 12 euros) and if you want to send it to England by registered mail, it can only be sent by airmail will.
- After you have determined the postage costs for your individual mailing to England (see point 2), you must clear them with the prescribed (international) postage. Then write not only the address of the recipient, but also your own (sender) address clearly legible on the shipment.
- The surcharge for a registered mail, i.e. the fee that you have to pay in addition to the postage, is 2.05 euros. In order for your (letter) consignment to be registered, you must stick a so-called “label” on, a special label that explicitly identifies your post as registered mail. You can drop off your consignment that you want to send as registered mail to England directly at a post office and the post office officer will do the rest for you. You also have the option of ordering a free pad with 50 (or more) self-adhesive “labels” from the Deutsche Post online shop. In this way, your shipment can be conveniently prepared at home and you only have to pay the registered mail fee when it is posted to the post office of your choice.
- If you hand in the registered mail in person at a Deutsche Post branch, you will receive from the relevant employee a legally valid proof of posting (together with a tracking number) that you must keep carefully. With this proof you can assert your liability for damage or loss of your registered mail to England. The consignment number issued enables you to determine the current (dispatch) status of your registered mail via the Internet: Enter online (i.e. on the Homepage of the Deutsche Post in the area "shipment tracking") enter your shipment number and you will see where your registered mail to England is at the moment is located.
- Unless you insist on being handed over proof of posting (which you can only use in a Post office), you can also frank your registered mail yourself and put it in a mailbox of your choice throw in. If you decide to take this route, you must first purchase a ready-to-ship registered stamp ("label") from the Deutsche Post online shop for EUR 2.05 per item. Stick the label on your mail that is to be sent as registered mail to England and put your completed (letter) shipment in a mailbox.
- Only when the addressee in England has acknowledged receipt of the registered letter with their personal signature will they receive your shipment. Thanks to this proof of delivery, you have the guarantee that your registered mail has really arrived and has got into the right hands. If the recipient cannot be reached personally, your registered letter will only be sent to your spouse or partner. handed over to persons who have been specially authorized by the original addressee.
- In addition to the traditional approach, there are other options available if you want to send a registered letter to England. On the one hand, to the option "Registered mail": Provided that you also agree to your registered mail in the mailbox of the recipient wanders without their personal signature, you only pay a registered mail fee of 1.60 Euro. On the other hand, on the option "return receipt": You will also receive a confirmation of receipt of your registered letter, i.e. a receipt with the original signature of the recipient in England. And finally, on the "personal delivery" option: Your registered mail will only reach the intended recipient or address. a trusted person who has been specially selected and authorized by the addressee.
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