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Open postal shipment: postal shipment that was delivered by a sender in an un-sealed envelope or as postcard

Sealed postal shipment: postal shipment that was delivered by a sender in a sealed envelope

Reply postal shipment: envelope or postcard that is enclosed with a mailing for the purpose of reply

Complainted postal shipment: postal shipment that does not comply with the provisions of the postal regulations in terms of form, content, packaging or franking

Non-philatelic cover: postal shipment whose basis is a genuine need for communi-cation from a sender to a recipient

Weighted postal shipment: ancient term for a postal shipment containing valuables (precursor to the insured letter)

Letter telegram: telegram with a reduced fee for which the delivery was not made by an express courier but by letter post

Diplomatic postal shipment: postal ship-ment from a diplomatic institution (e.g. embassy)

Postal shipment with removed seal: postal shipment from which the sealing compound has been removed

Correspondence chess card: postcard form for the purpose of transmitting moves between correspondence chess opponents

Money letter: postal shipment on which cash was deposited with cash payment to the recipient (precursor to the postal order)

Money transfer shipment: collective term for postal shipments with which amounts of money are transmitted in cash, semi-cash or non-cash (e.g. postal order)

Gift shipment: free gift from a private sen-der to a private recipient for their personal use

Giro card: former special transfer form that also served as a credit note for the recipient

Rough shipment: postal shipment with an uneven surface

Stamp dealer shipment: postal shipment that was posted (often in larger quantities) by a stamp dealer (e.g. production of can-celled postage stamps)

Love gift parcel: free gift (parcel) during World War II from a sender in Switzerland to a recipient in the German Empire

Maneuver shipment: postal shipment that was transported during a military exercise using a temporarily set up field post facility

Naval ship´s shipment: postal shipment posted by a crew member on a warship

Paquebot: postal shipment posted by a crew member of a ship in port

Priority: postal shipment that should be given priority by the post

Collector´s shipment: postal shipment that primarily serves philatelic purposes (e.g. send-ing cancelled postage stamps)

Plague letter: postal shipment from an area with an epidemic (e.g. cholera) that has been disinfected using smoke fires or vinegar vapors in order to reduce the supposed risk of infection

Funeral shipment: postal shipment for sending condolences

Representative card: announcement of a visit by a company representative on a pre-printed postcard

Pre-philatelic shipment: postal shipment sent before the appearance of postage stamps

Advertising response: postcard or enve-lope as a prepared response to a commercial or advertisement. The recipient is respon-sible for the postal fee

West parcel: free gift of con-sumer goods as a parcel from a sender in the Federal Rep-ublic of Germany to a relative or acquain-tance in the former German Democratic Rep-ublic (Westpaket)

Censorship: checking the contents of a postal shipment for political or military reasons

Customs control: checking the contents of a postal shipment for compliance with export or import regulations (foreign exchange monitoring)

Customs content declaration: cross-border postal shipment in which a sender discloses the contents to a customs auth-ority