A parcel is a light-weight, limited-size postal item. It can be sent without hard cardboard packaging in the form of a box. Typically, the parcel is sent to print publications: books, magazines, notebooks, manuscripts, albums or photographs. You can also send a small and non-fragile thing: a casket, a textile product.
Instruction manual
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Make sure that the item you are about to send does not exceed 2 kg for domestic mail and 5 kg for overseas. The minimum allowable size of such a package is 105x148 mm with a thickness of not more than 0.1 m, the maximum limits the total amount of length, width and height of 90 cm. The minimum weight of the parcel is 100 g. The total cost of everything that you send by parcel should not exceed 10 thousand rubles.
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At the nearest post office, purchase a special plastic bag "Russian Post" for parcels and other small investments. Carefully fill in the address of the recipient and sender, laying the package on a flat, stable surface. It is covered with a matte paint and therefore a regular ballpoint pen is quite suitable in order to make the necessary inscriptions.
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Gently fold everything that you want to send a parcel. Pack it in a regular transparent bag or wrap it in paper for better fixation and safety. Put it in a signed plastic bag. If you want to send a parcel with a declared value, do not remove the tape protecting the adhesive layer on the envelope flap and carry it open in the mail. If the parcel is without declared value, the package can be sealed by removing the protective tape.
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Before sending a parcel with declared value, ask for an attachment description form by mail, fill it in, indicating the value of each item sent in this parcel. The receiver must check the conformity of the attachment with the inventory you submitted and seal the plastic bag with your own hands.
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At the post office, your parcel will be weighed, make sure that its weight and dimensions are as required, calculate the shipping cost. After payment you will receive a receipt confirming this fact. Keep it until the addressee notifies that he has successfully received your parcel.
