For which type of mail is the postage paid by the recipient?

  • Magyar Posta - Hungarian Post
  • Addressee pays

The addressee pays instead of the sender

  • The postage of mail items sent with the addressee pays service (that is sent with unpaid postage or postage due) is paid by the addressee instead of the sender. Such items are placed on deposit at the post office until they are collected.
  • The addressee pays service is available with the Domestic EMS express mail and MPL Business parcel services.
  • You can request this service at post offices but, if you wish to send your mail from home, postage to be paid by the addressee can be requested “at the door” as well.
  • If you request delivery to the door for the item, the price of this special service has to be paid by the sender. Letters and parcels posted in this way are placed on deposit at the post office responsible for delivery to the addressee’s place of residence until collection. 5 to 10 working days are available for paying the postage and picking up the mail.
  • For parcels posted with a guaranteed delivery time and EMS express mail, the fee for the service is the postage for the mail item and the additional price of the addressee pays service as given in the separate product sheets. MPL courier service mail items are delivered to the addressee without having to pay an extra price.

I would like to send a mail item with the addressee pays special service to the United States of America. Can I do that?

Under international agreements, it is not possible to send items with unpaid postage (postage due) by international mail.

For which type of mail is the postage paid by the recipient?

Goods/Services

International Business Reply Service (IRBS) Charge

IBRS is a service where a domestic addressee pays the postage and handling charge upon delivery of international mail so that the overseas sender does not have to pay the postage. This is a convenient service when sending questionnaires or purchase orders to a mail order business overseas. The service is available throughout the world.

Rates

The addressee must pay the postage and handling fees upon delivery of the mail or when receiving the mail at the post office (post-payment is also acceptable).

Postage

TypeDimensionWeightRates
Letters Length・・・14~23.5cm
Width・・・9~12cm
Thickness・・・5mm
Up to 25 grams 100 yen
More than 25 g up to 50 g 180 yen
Postcards Length・・・14~14.8cm
Width・・・9~10.5cm
- 70 yen

Service Charge

Articles delivered to a post office box by postage-deferred payment. 10 yen per mail
Articles delivered to a post office box 15 yen per mail
Postage-deferred payment 15 yen per mail
Others 21 yen per mail

Countries available for this service

The service is available throughout the world.

How to write:

Print the required information clearly in black, green, or blue ink on the mail.

For which type of mail is the postage paid by the recipient?

  1. The size is expressed in millimeters.
  2. Indicate that it is airmail (print or put a sticker) in (1).
  3. The frame thickness of (2) should be 0.5 mm or more. Indicate “NO POSTAGE NECESSARY IF MAILED TO JAPAN” and “International Business Reply Service” within the frame. Draw a thick slanted line so that it crosses the frame as shown above.
  4. In (3), indicate the return due date, the name of the post office that granted the approval, and the approval number in English.
  5. The frame thickness of (4) should be 0.5 mm or more and those who wish to use a post-payment system for the payment of the IBRS charge must make a double frame by drawing a smaller frame within the outer frame.
  6. The line thickness of (5) should be 3 mm, and between the two lines, indicate “INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS REPLY MAIL/RESPONSE PAYEE” and “JAPAN” in 20-point character size.
  7. In (6), print the address and name of the addressee in Japanese, but you must indicate the prefecture and country in English.

Conditions for Use

  1. The domestic addressee must obtain the approval of the Postmaster of the distribution office in advance by submitting a sample of the envelope, postcard, or printed material.
  2. The addressee must print the required information on the envelopes or postcards.
  3. In order to use this service, the number of return envelopes or postcards must be 100 or more.
  4. The applicant for this service (domestic addressee) is required to set a due date for return within two (2) years following the approval.

For which type of mail is the postage paid by the recipient?

  • Letters
  • Postcards
  • Greeting cards
  • International Parcel Post

  • Small Packets
  • Printed Matter
  • Postal items for the blind

  • D-mail/P-mail
  • Special Mailbags (M-bags)
  • Postage-paid by the addressee


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Can postage be paid by recipient?

Collect on Delivery (COD) is a service that allows the sender to collect from the recipient money for postage, fees, merchandise, or any combination thereof.

What is a postage

The prepaid envelope is known as business reply mail (BRM) — a service from the U.S. Postal Service in which a sender provides a prepaid postage envelope or card to the recipient.

What is postage

Postage paid is used to describe deliveries where the sender pays the freight costs (postage). Usually, when a package is paid by the sender, there is an indication on the envelope or box used in wrapping the package. Basically, it means that the costs for sending the package had been paid.

What do you mean by postage will be paid by addressee?

The addressee pays instead of the sender. The postage of mail items sent with the addressee pays service (that is sent with unpaid postage or postage due) is paid by the addressee instead of the sender. Such items are placed on deposit at the post office until they are collected.