Send sample copies or follow-up orders easily and cost-effectively.
Whether it’s an order for an individual issue, the dispatch of sample copies or forwarding to a vacation destination:
With STREIFBANDZEITUNG (wrapper-packed newspapers), we offer you a convenient solution for sending POSTVERTRIEBSSTÜCKE (preferred periodicals) and PRESSESENDUNGEN (standard periodicals) items individually or in small volumes.
With PREMIUMADRESS you receive notifications about your readers’ incorrect or outdated addresses just a day after the delivery attempt – in the highest quality. The address data is checked by our mail carriers on-site, compared with current databases, such as Deutsche Post’s relocation database, and then sent to you electronically. You therefore keep your address database up to date.
The sender’s instructions provide information on what the mail carrier should do with the shipment if the recipient has moved.
Save time – we will frank your STREIFBANDZEITUNG (wrapper-packed newspapers) for you.
With a Press Distribution agreement, several press products contained in one shipment are individually billed on the basis of their item type and charged to the carrier object. Enclosed POSTVERTRIEBSSTÜCK (preferred periodicals)/PRESSESENDUNG (press periodicals) items are billed at the total weight of the shipment if the front cover has no
The front cover may be labeled as a special edition, special issue, special etc.
Making use of the electronic notification process saves you time and effort. Find out more in our "Presse Distribution Handling: alles klar zum Versand" (Press Distribution Handling: all ready for shipment) brochure.
STREIFBANDZEITUNG (wrapper-packed newspapers) can be sent by contractual partners of Deutsche Post Presse Distribution and by commercial press sales outlets such as
Always use a wrapper which stops the content from falling out and ensures that it can be processed mechanically, e.g., with an envelope or a banderole. However, the banderole must completely cover the item, or at least both the longitudinal edges must be closed along their entire length. Sending as a roll-shaped item is not allowed.
Using the franking mark, AFM/FRANKIT, IT franking, Frankierservice (franking service) and the STREIFBANDZEITUNG (wrapper-packed newspapers) product stamp or Internet stamp. The postage is based on the individual weight (see current price list for Deutsche Post Presse Distribution).
The STREIFBANDZEITUNG (wrapper-packed newspapers) product stamp and Internet stamp are available from Deutsche Post’s electronic outlet at Shop der Deutschen Post.
1. Print the addresses of the recipient and the sender.
2. You can place permissible sender’s instructions above the address.
3. The "STREIFBANDZEITUNG" product name and the newspaper code (ZKZ) of the newspaper to be sent must be visible on the wrapping of the item.
With FRANKIT, IT franking, franking mark or Frankierservice (franking service):
1. Download the posting list, fill it in and print it out
2. Pack the items in letter trays and hand them in at your retail outlet or bulk mail acceptance office (for more than 500 items, always use the bulk mail acceptance office)
Using the STREIFBANDZEITUNG (wrapper-packed newspapers) product stamp or Internet stamp:
1. Order dispatch stamps in the electronic outlet at Shop der Deutschen Post
2. Affix the dispatch stamp and post the shipment in a mailbox
A completion guide which is available here provides you with step-by-step instructions on how to fill in the posting list using an example.
You can avoid the posting list only if the shipments are franked with the STREIFBANDZEITUNG (wrapper-packed newspapers) product stamps or Internet stamps.
Same as letter mail: according to the AGB Brief National (GT&C National Mail). In this way, undeliverable shipments are forwarded or returned to the sender.
POSTVERTRIEBSSTÜCK (preferred periodicals) and PRESSESENDUNG (standard periodicals) sent as STREIFBANDZEITUNG (wrapper-packed newspapers) items may contain inserts (printed material, objects up to a height of 30 mm, as well as bills and payment slips relating to the charges payable for the newspaper).
For STREIFBANDZEITUNG (wrapper-packed newspapers), the amount to be paid for franking is calculated solely in relation to the overall weight of the shipment. There is no additional charge for bills, payment slips and enclosed objects between 3 and 30 mm in height.
The requirements in relation to packaging and ensuring that letter mail items are suitable for transportation and operational handling apply as appropriate.
With STREIFBANDZEITUNG (wrapper-packed newspapers), multiple copies of one or a number of titles may be dispatched – providing there is a Presse Distribution agreement for them. The bill will be for the total weight of the shipments, at the rates for STREIFBANDZEITUNG (wrapper-packed newspapers).
Acceptance may be refused if the STREIFBANDZEITUNG (wrapper-packed newspapers) item does not meet dispatch requirements. Shipments already posted may be returned for you to sort out any defects.
Where copies are in breach of contract or are not – or only insufficiently – franked, the shipment is handled as a letter mail communication product and an additional charge may be levied. If no payment is made, this is considered a refusal to accept the shipment. The shipment is then returned to the sender who has to pay the additional charge. Closed shipments may be opened for checking purposes.
There is an appropriate dispatch stamp for every STREIFBANDZEITUNG (wrapper-packed newspapers) item.
Product and Internet stamps for posting STREFIBANDZEITUNG (wrapper-packed newspapers) without a posting list can be obtained from the Shop der Deutschen Post electronic outlet.
Do you want to post your STREIFBANDZEITUNG (wrapper-packed newspapers) with the posting list?
Then you have a choice between using the FRANKIT franking machine or a franking mark.
Are you already benefitting from electronic address notification through PREMIUMADRESS?
