Overview of postal abbreviations used

Where you can encounter postal abbreviations

Postal receipt

Submission sheet

Postal receipt

Postal order C (postal receipt/postal slip)

Postal receipt – international shipments

 List of abbreviations – shipment labels

B Insured shipment with a declared value of up to CZK 10 000
BA Registered consignment
BB Insured shipment with a declared value of up to CZK 10 000
BD Insured shipment with a declared value of up to CZK 10 000 using the Cash on Delivery service
BX Insured shipment with a declared value of up to CZK 10 000
CE International Commercial parcel
CP Insured letetr
CS Standard package
CV VInsured package
EM EMS International
FP Business letter
LA-LZ International Ordinary Letter – tracking
OP Business wletter
R Registered shipment
R Registered blind shipment
R Registered printed bag (service canceled as of December 31, 2024)
R Registered blind shipment
R Registered shipment
V Insured shipment with a declared value exceeding CZK 10 000
VD Insured shipment with a declared value exceeding CZK 10 000 using the Cash on Delivery service
VL Insured letter
VV Insured shipment with a declared value exceeding CZK 10 000
VX Insured shipment with a declared value exceeding CZK 10,000

List of abbreviations – service designation or sender disposition

1O Transportation of goods
AB Delivery to a parcel locker – only for Business Parcels sent abroad, where the sender specifies the method of delivery abroad
AO Delivery of a shipment to a store address – only for International Business Parcels, where the sender specifies the method of delivery abroad
AP Delivery of a shipment to a postal address – only for Business Parcels abroad, where the sender specifies the method of delivery abroad
AR Delivery (abroad)
CG Consignment
CO Valuable content
ČP Partial flat rate
D Delivery (domestic)
DA Cash on delivery with postal cash on delivery voucher A
DB Cash on delivery without documentation
DC Cash on delivery with postal cash on delivery voucher C
DE Document (EMS international service)
DE Electronic notification to the sender – notification of delivery of a postal item by email
DF Deliver to company
DM Electronic notification to the sender – notification of delivery of a postal item via SMS
DM International cash on delivery voucher
DR Dodejka + Delivery exclusively to the addressee (for domestic shipments or vouchers)
DR30 Parcel to hand over 30 kg
DZ Additional delivery + Delivery to your own hands
E Cash on delivery without documentation
eD Electronic notification to the sender – notification of delivery of a postal item via SMS and email
EE Guaranteed delivery time
EK Economically
EKA Electronic communication with the addressee – in English – only for Business Parcels sent abroad and for Standard Parcels – Tracking, where the sender specifies the language in which the designated operator in the country of destination is to communicate with the addressee via electronic communication.
EN Non-stackable (for international shipping)
F Fragile
J Multiple DR shipments to one address
L Dimension category for size L shipments
LH Extension of the deadline for picking up postal items
M Cash on delivery abroad
M Dimension category for size M shipments
ME Cash on delivery abroad without documentation
ND Do not send
NK Don't knock
NL Do not extend the deadline for picking up postal items
NN Do not send + Do not save
NP Fixed payment date (do not pay before...)
NR Non-standard
NS Do not put in mailbox (Excluding placement in mailbox)
NU Do not save
OZ Registered mail
P1 Surcharge for failure to provide contact details
P2 Surcharge for increased workload during filing
PB PostBox submission
PE MZ – Goods/Gifts/Other (for international shipments)
PO Post office box
PP Pre-processed
PR Priority (foreign conditions of individual countries)
PT Pallet
S Dimension category for size S shipments
SA Do not return, place in mailbox
SB Saturday delivery
SD Discount for electronic filing
SI Discount for electronic data transfer
SN Mailbox – do not insert (for RR shipments)
UC Stated price
UO Save, even if the recipient is unknown or has moved away
ÚP Full flat rate
UX Shortening of the period for collecting postal items – Storage for only 10 days
UZP Save 15 days - Labor Code (shortening of the deadline for collection - Article 21(2)
VII Multi-piece shipment Parcel Oversized
VK Multi-piece shipment
VR Delivery exclusively to the addressee (for domestic shipments or vouchers)
Delivery to the addressee in person (for shipments or vouchers abroad)
VZ Delivery to the addressee in person – i.e., delivery to the addressee in person, their representative, legal representative, representative of the legal representative, or authorized person
XL Size category of shipment X (X=S, M, L, XL)
Z Missed delivery - a shipment with a guaranteed delivery time that was posted after the deadline for posting
Posting a postal order after the deadline for delivery
ZD MZ – Goods with VDD (export accompanying document – for VAT deduction)

List of abbreviations – other

EMS Express mail service
ePA Electronic submission form
HP Bulk submission
OLZ Ordinary letter mail
RIM Distribution of informational materials
ZDO Change delivery online
ZK Customer card
IM Information material