Rates

Rates

All rates for sending and receiving letter mail in Austria at a glance.

Not all 4.6 million letters posted every day are alike. Austrian Post offers perfect solutions for all needs.

Please see the tables for detailed price information. Total rates depend on the weight and the fees charged for extra services. Please note that extra services are available in combination with our letter mail rates only.

Letter mail postage

/**/ Weight classes expressed in grams for letter mail postage
EUR
 Standard rate delivery 1) 0,55
up to 50 g 0,75
up to 100 g 1,00
up to 350 g 1,25
up to 500 g 1,75
up to 1000 g 2,75
up to 2000 g 3,75

1) The standard rate is available for letters and postcards weighing up to 20 grams, measuring between 90 and 162 mm in height, between 140 and 235 in length and having a maximum thickness of 5 mm.

The following card and envelope formats meet these criteria:

  • A6 (105x148)
  • C6 (114x162)
  • C5 (162x229)
  • C6/5 (114x229)
  • DL (110x220)
Additional charge for special-format letter mail items
The following additional charge applies to the regular postage fee:

 Postage fee

EUR
Weight class in grams
51 to 100 0,50
101 to 1,000 0,75
 

Extra services-letter mail

Fees for extra services - letter mail (excludes postage)

EUR
Registered mail 2,10
Deliver to addressee only* 2,10
Track & Trace* 0,50
Advice of receipt* 2,10
Do not deliver to authorized agents** 1,00

Insured letter*
(1 % of declared value if it exceeds EUR 1.500,00,
whereas value is rounded up to full hundred)

36,00
 Cash-on-delivery (does not include bank fees)
Transfer to bank account* 3,50 (netto)
Collection fee
Reply item

0,12
(0,10 netto)

Poste restante (charged at time of reception) 1,20
(1,00 netto)

*     Available in combination with "registered mail" only.
**   Available in combination with "registered mail" and "deliver to addressee only" only.

Other services-letter mail

Fees for other services - letter mail 
EUR
Redirections  
Personal customers (3 months)  
Domestic 14.28 (11.90 w/o tax)
European Union 19.80 (16.50 w/o tax)
International 16.50 (w/o tax)
Business customers  (3 months)  
Domestic 29.16 (24.30 w/o tax)
European Union 39.48 (32.90 w/o tax)
International 32.90 (w/o tax)
Vacations (1 month)  
Domestic 9.48 (7.90 w/o tax)
European Union 14.28 (11.90 w/o tax)
International 11.90 (w/o tax)
Authorization to accept or receive mail
(2 years)
20.40 (17.00 w/o tax)

Transfer
to account by Austrian Post

5.40 (4,50 w/o tax) 

* Rate zones
Domestic: Austria

European Union zone: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Sweden, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, Republic of Cyprus

International zone: All countries not defined as belonging to the European Union or Austria.

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Download Date Size
Sizing Template 2011 01.05.2011 797,87 kb
Letter Mail Brochure (available in German only) 01.11.2011 1044,69 kb
GTC - Domestic Letter Mail Service
valid from 10.04.2012
10.04.2012 577,04 kb
List of Products and Services - Domestic Letter Mail Service
valid from 10.04.2012
10.04.2012 748,59 kb
GTC - Eco Domestic Letter Mail
valid from 01.05.2011
01.05.2011 1009,59 kb