Mail in our country is handled by the national operator - Russian Post. These are more than 42,000 branches, some of which include various structural units: sorting centers, post offices, transportation departments, etc.
Services Russian Post today provides a variety of: from money transfers and payments to the issuance of benefits and pensions. But her main business is mail: letters, parcels, parcels. For the latter, branded packaging is thought out. What's so special about her?
Norms and Rules
They regulate both the material of manufacture and the size of the mail boxes. In addition, the investment must be delivered in its original form and without loss of performance. The rules are developed taking into account the passage of the parcel through several transport nodes and processing modules.
The main document governing the use of special boxes from the Russian Post is considered the technical conditions of OP 5471-005-47376014-04. They spelled out clear recommendations on the material for the manufacture of mailboxes, sizes by numbers and other weight and size characteristics.
Benefits
For several years, Russian Post has been receiving parcels in its company boxes. They are made of high density corrugated cardboard (three or more layers). This allows you to save investment from shock when falling, getting wet and other damage.
The operator’s logo is marked on each box, and a form has been prepared on the front side to fill in the data about the receiver and sender. It also has its own dimensions: 10.5 x 14.8 cm.
The manufacturing technology of boxes is constantly being improved. The design of the postal packaging is thought out to the smallest detail: the material is reliable, the assembly is easy, like the packaging procedure, the weight is minimal.
Manufacture
For the production of postal containers, cellulose is used, fresh or already recycled. It is heated to a certain temperature, impregnated with an adhesive composition and combined in several layers. Then the drying process begins. The finished corrugated cardboard is cut on special machines, the well-known logo is applied at the same time: white letters on a blue background.
Mailbox Size
Naturally, the items have different volume, height, length and width. Accordingly, the sizes of postal boxes for parcels are thought out. Therefore, the Russian Post recommends choosing a package in accordance with the physical characteristics of the shipment: weight, resistance to mechanical stress, dimensions, etc.
Distinguish mail containers by numbers.
Type A, or No. 6
It has a size of 425 x 265 x 380 mm. Post box size 6 is good for its height. Pictures, large decorative plates and other interior elements, vases, panels, voluminous clothes (jackets, coats), bed sets and even small suitcases are ideally placed in it.
Type B, or No. 5
It has a size of 425 x 265 x 190 mm. This box is ideal for bulk investments: large sets of dishes, boots, travel bags, a collection of books or CDs, etc.
Type B, or No. 4
It has a size of 425 x 165 x 190 mm. Pretty impressive and voluminous box. The weight of the attachment can reach several kilograms. Therefore, they send in it either heavy things or voluminous. In the packaging of this type, large sets of dishes or interior elements, book series, crafts, clothes, household or computer equipment, etc. are well placed.
Type G, or No. 3
It has a size of 265 x 165 x 190 mm. The box is elongated in length. It includes frame women's bags, summer shoes, clutches, small tea sets. But more often than not, this mailbox size is suitable for shipping dolls or stuffed animals.
Type D, or No. 2
It has a size of 165 x 215 x 100 mm. The box is small but voluminous. It fits well jewelry and fragile items (sprinkled with filler), soap and other hair and body care products, non-standard interior elements, dishes, medium-sized clothes: t-shirts, shirts, children's dresses and suits, etc.
Type E, or No. 1
It has a size of 220 x 185 x 50 mm. Among all sizes of postal boxes for parcels, Russian Post is the smallest. It is flat, so most often it sends phone cases, hand made cards, small books or notebooks, and jewelry. It is equally convenient to put pencils, pens, bookmarks, scotch tape, small sweets, etc. into it.
Type f
It has a size of 175 x 120 x 100 mm. A small but tall box is quite roomy. Suitable for sending various little things.
New items
Not so long ago, Russian Post offered its customers an updated shipping container. They are distinguished from the main series by design and parameters. The size of the mailboxes is indicated in other letters. The smallest is named S, followed by M, a little more marked with the letter L and the largest of this series is issued under the designation XL.
On one side of these boxes are tall houses painted blue and a bridge, on the other a pair of village houses with fences and trees. The logo of the Russian Post was placed on the lid, as well as a table that indicates the type of delivery.
Post scriptum
You can purchase a mail box in any branch of the operator. They are made in the form of a designer and are assembled without much effort. Additional fastenings (adhesive tape, staples, etc.) are not required: they keep their shape perfectly. In addition, extraneous fastenings will be a reason for refusing to send it.
Parcels are accepted by mail already fully packed and after the necessary formalities are pasted over with a yellow company tape with the inscription “Russian Post”. Exceptions are packages with a list of investments and with declared value.
The guarantee of delivery of the contents in its original form, regardless of the size of the mail box, depends on the suitability of the attachment and packaging. Naturally, the size of the shipped items rarely ideally matches the size of the container. Investments in their size or volume smaller than the box, as well as fragile, must be laid with special paper material or loose postal filler. The granular substance penetrates into all cracks and not only does not respond to increased humidity and temperature, but also protects the investment from sudden mechanical influences and creates a cushioning effect.
The parcel, which will be sent quite far, is covered with a special film. It will protect the container from erasing the data on the recipient and the sender.
All shipping packaging of Russian Post is very high quality and uniform throughout the country.