Die Zuschlagmarke

April 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Die Zuschlagmarke is a type of stamp that has two face values: one for the postage and another for a special cause, eg. 55+25

These sorts of stamps often appear before Christmas and include a small donation to a charity. In the above example 55 cents would be the postage for a letter and 25 cents would be the donation.

The donation is not allowed to be higher than half the value of the postage itself, although this has not always been the case and stamps used to be produced with values such as 12+38.

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No post today

March 21, 2008 By 2 Comments

I have always been fascinated by the way that post boxes in the UK make a special mention of Good Friday.  On this day the post is collected at a different time to the rest of the year.

It’s one of the quirks that as a British ex-pat I think about today, along with having a lack of hot-cross buns to eat.

There are not many things that I miss about the UK, and most of the things that I do I bring back to Germany with me.

But the postal collection on Good Friday is one that I cannot bring with me, and Germany does not collect the post on any bank holidays.

I guess it’s just a piece of culture that I will have to do without.  I wonder how long it will last for?

Come to think of it, does anyone know why this exception exists in the first place?

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Diese Post kam nicht an

March 10, 2008 By 1 Comment

Es ist kaum zu fassen, aber letzte Woche berichtete die FAZ über eine Postzustellerin aus Gießen, die rund 29.000 Briefe unterschlagen hatte. Die Post will nun die Briefe mit einem entsprechenden Schreiben zustellen!

Wie muss dass sein, nach 15 Jahren plötzlich ein Brief zu bekommen, den man vor Jahren erwartet hat?

Ich habe selbst solche Probleme mit der Post, genau gesagt mit DHL gehabt. Ich habe auf ein Paket gewartet, das nicht angekommen ist. Irgendwann bekam ich vom Absender die Meldung, das Paket sei zurückgekommen weil ich es nicht abgeholt hätte! Dabei habe ich keine Benachrichtigung bekommen.

Als das Paket wieder unterwegs war bin ich auf zur Post gegangen und habe es diesmal abgeholt – ohne Benachrichtigung. Erst dann hat man mir geglaubt und mir die Portokosten für den 2. Versand erstattet.

Haben Sie auch Probleme mit der Post gehabt?

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