Letters

A letter serves for sending communications or small articles within the Slovak Republic and abroad.

You can use it for:

sending written, sound, pictorial or graphical communications,
communications can be sent on any kind of physical media (paper, card, CD, DVD).

Transit time	Letters within the Slovak Republic: 1st Class Letter - D+1 (delivery on the next working day after the day of posting), 2nd Class Letter - D+2 (delivery on the second working day after the day of posting) Letters abroad: assumed transit times of letters addressed abroad depend on a respective country of destination, for an expedite transit time, choose the “1st Class” Letter
Weight	up to 2 kg
Posting	at all post offices, “Pošta Partner” post offices
Delivery	letters are delivered to private letter-boxes without any receipt
Size	Letter of regular shapes: minimum: 14 x 9 cm maximum: sum total of length, width, and thickness shall be max. 90 cm, while the biggest dimension shall not exceed 60 cm Letter of irregular shapes: minimum: distance of two furthermost edge points of an item shall be min. 14 cm maximum: distance of two furthermost edge points of an item shall be max. 60 cm
Method of payment	cash, postage stamps, bank transfer, postage credit, franking machine

Supplementary services	Letters within the Slovak Republic: Reply service Letters abroad: Reply service (up to 50 g to all countries, above 50 g to shortlisted countries)
Dispositional services – sender	Letters within the Slovak Republic: Withdrawal of an Item from the Post at posting, Withdrawal of an Item from the Post at delivery, Return to Sender, Do not redirect, Return to Sender after ... days, Do not return, Return Letters abroad:Withdrawal of an Item from the Post at posting, Do not redirect
Dispositional services – addressee	Time Redirection, Poste restante
Information services	Monitoring Information

A letter can be sent without any wrapping (postcard, picture postcard) or in wrapper (you can buy it at the post office directly – e. g. envelope).
Write out an address of a recipient duly. You can give your address but it is not obligatory.
If you send small articles by letter, they shall not protrude from the wrap.
In case of an expedite transit time, mark the item with the note „1. trieda“ (letters sent within the Slovak Republic) or „1. Classe“ (letters sent abroad) in the left upper quarter of the address side or ask for this category of items orally at posting.
You shall post the letter at a counter at a post office or slot it in a post-box of Slovenská pošta (in this case, the letter shall bear postage stamps in the amount required).