Wouter van Ooijen wrote :

> When sending from the Netherlands there is a big difference in fee
> between parcels smaller than a defined size (supposed to fit in a
> mailbox) and larger parcels (supposed to be delivered by riging the bell
> - twice IIRC). Is this distinction common?


In Sweden, when shipping internationaly, a "letter"
(with "letter" postages) is *anything* where the
sum of lenght+high+depth is equal or below 0.9 m
and none of them are higher them 0.6 m and the
weight is below 2 Kg. Anything over 2 Kg is a "parcel".
The large "letters" has to be left in the post office,
not in the letterbox, of course, but there is no additional
cost.

Now, exactly *how* these "letters" are delivered at the destination
isn't my problem :-)

A parcel can be up to 20Kg and must have a lenght below 1.2 m.

Slightly different (but very similar) rules for domestic letters
and parcels.

Shipping internationaly is just a matter of writing
a different address and putting on higher valued stamps
(and, if outside of the EU, the small green customs label)...

Jan-Erik.

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