Glossary of Postal Terms and Phrases

No guide to postal services would be complete without definitions for all the terminology associated with the wide range of options available for sending business and personal mail, along with details of the address and postcode databases that can be used to create mailing lists and provide accurate addressing.

Here you'll find an A to Z of all the jargon you may come across whilst arranging the postage of individual or bulk mail, either to the UK or abroad, from terms like "Airmail" to phrases such as "Zonal Pricing", along with everything in between.

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