In an age of technological progress and universal computerization, we are less and less writing letters to each other. Communication with friends and relatives living in other cities or countries comes down to sending SMS messages, correspondence on social networks or by e-mail. Despite this, the work at the post offices did not decrease at all. How much time is required to process and deliver only one registered letter!
What kind of mail is this? Everything is pretty simple. If you need to send important documents or securities to the addressee, you can send him a registered letter. To do this, you need to come to the post office and tell the operator about your desire. Currently, for registered letters, there are special envelopes of standard and large (for A4 format documents) sizes. The cost of such a shipment depends on the weight of the papers, so they are first weighed. The maximum allowable weight of a registered letter is 100 g.
Next, the postal worker will paste the stamp on the letter, according to its value, and will issue a receipt to the sender. This paper must be kept at least until you are sure that the letter has been delivered to the addressee. If you have to prove that you sent documents, then the receipt is very useful. In addition, it has legal force.
Earlier on the envelope of a registered letter put the stamp "Custom". This procedure is currently being replaced by a barcode sticker. Each barcode is an individual letter number by which you can track its location at any time.
If you need to know exactly when the recipient received the documents, send a registered letter with a notification. In this case, immediately after the letter is handed to the addressee, you will be sent a message (on a special form) that the shipment has been delivered.
Typically, a registered letter is delivered to the addressee’s house and handed over for signature. However, if the addressee was not at home, then a notification that a letter had arrived in his name was lowered into his mailbox. Now he can get it at the post office.
Unfortunately, not everyone is in a hurry to pick up registered letters. After five days, postal workers have to write a second notice, which they already give to the addressee personally in hand for a receipt. From this moment on, the most slow-moving citizens risk to owe a certain amount to the post office for each day the letter is stored.
Why are people in no hurry to receive a registered letter? It would seem that since the letter came with such a mark, it means that there is something very important. But the fact is that official structures, such as a pension fund, tax authorities, courts, etc. also make registered items. For many, such documentation is unnecessary pieces of paper that immediately go to the trash. So why pick them up at all?
How much the registered letter goes depends on the region of delivery. The duration of the shipment can be from 3 to 17 days. Within one settlement, a registered item will go no more than two days. The duration of delivery also depends on the method of forwarding, because you can send such a letter both through mail and through a courier service.