Business Reply services and Post Restante

Business reply service.

• The service is used in market research:
• to encourage responses.
• The respondent does not pay postage or the postage is already prepaid by sender.
• The sender first obtains a licence from the post office and is required to pay a deposit.
• Mail is written Business Reply service.
• The respondent uses printed envelopes or cards bearing name and address of the sender and licence number.
• Used by mail order firms.
• Licence only pays postage on mail returned.

Poste restante

• Is a French phrase meaning “Post remaining”
• The service is mostly used by people with o fixed addresses e.g. sales persons and tourists.
• Letters or parcels are addressed to the nearest post office.
• They must be written Poste Restante.
• Mail is held at the post office.
• Mail is collected by the addressed person upon production of a valid identity document.