Ordinary Postal Items

Unregistered and untraceable items delivered to the addressee’s mailbox, if size fits.

 

Letter

A letter is a type of postal item that allows you to mail different types of correspondence in an envelope.

Ordinary letters are accepted for mailing domestically and abroad.
 

  • Pay for postage by sticking on postage stamps
  • Prepare in accordance with the Rules on Consigning Postal Items
  • Mail the item by dropping it into a letter box or submit it at any post office

Small packet

Small packet is a type of postal item that allows you to mail different types of small items.

Ordinary small packets are accepted for mailing domestically and abroad.

The wrapping must ensure that the content is preserved during transportation. The value of the contents must not exceed 350 EUR.

It is forbidden to send items that are prohibited to import in destination country and that are proxibited to export from Latvia. More information about prohibitions is available in postal offices.

  • To accelerate customs clearance for international small packets, fill in this form in English, French or in a language accepted by the destination country
  • Pay in cash or with a payment card
  • Form accordingly to Item addressing rules
  • Send in any postal office by presenting a personal identification document (Passport or identity card) or driving licence.

Type of postal item

 Examples

Dimensions

Maximum Weight

Letter

Personal correspondence, a bill, a notice

Minimum: 9x14 cm.

Maximum: the sum of the length, width and depth up to 90 cm, neither one of which may exceed 60 cm.

2 kg

Small packet

A magazine, a book, clothes

Minimum: 9x14 cm.

Maximum: the sum of the length, width and depth up to 90 cm, neither one of which may exceed 60 cm.

For rolls

Maximum: the sum of length and double diameter up to 104 cm, neither one of which may exceed 90 cm.

2 kg

Office pick-up

A postman visits your office and accepts postal items to be mailed to addressees.

If you are a manager of an office building or there are several offices in the address, use the service “Business Centre Pick-up”.

We accept both domestic and international postal items:

  • Letter mail – ordinary, registered and insured
  • Parcels – ordinary and insured, up to 20 kg (international – according to the Manual for Acceptance of International Postal Items)

Documents necessary for submitting postal items to the postman can be prepared at free of charge self-service portal Mans Pasts.

Your benefits:

  • You do not have to spend time going to the post office
  • All orders of a particular month in a single invoice
  • In business centres, the service can be used by several companies simultaneously, thus reducing costs
  • You can also submit items not paid for without postal stamps or labels

You can apply for the service by writing to uznemumiem@pasts.lv

For more information, see here

We offer convenient and quick conclusion of agreements on postal services. Concluded agreement provides your company with several benefits:

  • Convenient payment process, making a payment at the end of the month on the basis of an invoice
  • Time saved by using postal services remotely
  • Customized solutions for the use of postal services
  • Prompt service, when using the particular service
  • Individual approach, providing customers with a personal adviser

In case your company is interested in becoming our corporate customer, please call 67008002 or write to uznemumiem@pasts.lv.

Letter

The fee for mailing a postal item depends on the type of item you have chosen, the item’s weight, and destination.

Ordinary domestic letters not fully paid for are delivered to the addressee, collecting from them the missing part of the payment, as well as an additional payment in accordance with the postal service rates.

Ordinary international letter not fully paid for are returned to the sender cancelling the postage stamps.

Calculate the postage fee using the Service Rate Calculator.

Small Packets

The fee for mailing a postal item depends on the type of item you have chosen, the item’s weight, and destination.

Calculate the postage fee using the Service Rate Calculator.

Special Rates

According to Section 32.1 of the Postal Law, Latvijas Pasts, as the provider of the universal postal service, has the right to enter into individual agreements with customers on special rates.

We offer special rates for postage of ordinary letters to addressees in Latvia.

Postal services are provided for special rates, subject to the following conditions:

  • At least 1000 (one thousand) postal items of the same type are submitted during a calendar month
  • Postal items are delivered sorted by types of postal items, delivery areas and postal codes of addressees

The applicable special rate depends on the following criteria:

  • Type of postal item – ordinary letter
  • Weight of the item – up to 20 g / 100 g / 250 g / 500 g / 1000 g / 2000 g
  • Area of delivery – Riga and its vicinity / major cities of Latvia / the rest of Latvia

 For more information about the conditions for granting special rates, call 67008002 or write to uznemumiem@pasts.lv.