Shipping with Post Express within Austria

Our Post Express service is your best choice for items sent to destinations in Austria or abroad. Domestic express items are delivered by 1:00 p.m. on the day after posting. For international items, use our convenient online express consignment note.

Important information: please ask the staff at the Austrian Post service location where you post your Post Express item about the effective time of posting. The time of posting (and not the opening hours) is decisive for the timely delivery of your Post Express item.


Rates

Given the legal situation in Austria, Post Express items are subject to VAT. Therefore, all indicated rates and surcharges include VAT.

Weight Maximum format Rate in euro
1 kg or less L 100 x
W 60 x
H 60 cm		 11.27
2 kg or less L 100 x
W 60 x
H 60 cm		 12.44
4 kg or less L 100 x
W 60 x
H 60 cm		 13.58
10 kg or less L 100 x
W 60 x
H 60 cm		 17.06
31.5 kg or less L 100 x
W 60 x
H 60 cm		 26.30
Rates each shipment include 20% VAT.
Plus road toll

Up to 31.5 kg

0.29

Rate includes 20% VAT.

Proof of posting, item tracking, signed-for delivery (or electronic confirmation), insurance for up to EUR 1,500.

Post Express items that exceed standard dimensions or that cannot be handled by our conveyor belts and facilities due to their shape or form require manual sorting and special shipping. These items include:

Small bulky goods:
Post Express items that are not cube-shaped and are smaller than L 100 x W 60 x H 60 cm

Large bulky goods:
Post Express items of any shape that are larger than L 100 x W 60 x H 60 cm (girth up to 360 cm)

Surcharge

Euro including VAT
Small bulky goods 4.80
Large bulky goods 24.00

Find out more about additional services

Additional service charged in addition to postage Rate in euro

Hazardous goods - limited quantity (LQ)

 3.72
Personal delivery 4.06
Cash-on-delivery fee/transfer to account 5.40
Insured item up to EUR 500 6.54
Insured item worth EUR 500 and up, per EUR 100 or parts thereof 1.31
Sender information Free of charge
Recipient information Free of charge
Preferred postal branch/preferred pickup station - delivery to predefined Österreichische Post service location or pickup station *) Free of charge
Fragile 4.80
*) At the time of posting, we will note the recipient's mobile phone number or e-mail address. After the parcel has been received, an automatic notification will be sent to the recipient of the parcel via e-mail or text message.

Time-specific additional service charged in addition to postage Rate in euro
Delivery by 10:00 a.m. to a regional capital 11.77

Saturday delivery to a regional capital

 11.77
Saturday delivery anywhere in Austria 23.54

Service Rate in euro for 10 kg or less1) Rate in euro for 10 kg and up2)
Post Express returns  5.83 7.00
Plus road toll

Up to 10 kg

Over 10 kg

0.241)

0.292)

1) This service is part of universal services and as such exempt from VAT.
2) Subject to VAT if weight exceeds 10 kg (rate includes 20% VAT)

Additional services

Here you will find information on 10:00 a.m. delivery, Saturday delivery and other extras. There is always an optimal solution for your requirements:

Is the recipient only available on business days from 7:00 to 10:00 a.m.? In that case, use this additional service to have your Post Express items delivered by 10:00 a.m. on the business day after posting. You can post these items at any Österreichische Post service location.

 

This service is available for Post Express items sent to any regional capital in Austria.

 

Go to rate

Post Express also works on weekends. If you post your Post Express item on a Friday (business day), we will, upon request by the sender to use this additional service, deliver it by 1:00 p.m. on Saturday (business day) to the recipient. Saturday delivery is available for items sent to all regional capitals in Austria as well as to selected postcode areas provided that items are posted on Friday.

Go to rate

Upon request by the sender, we will deliver the Post Express item to the recipient only after we have verified their identity. These items can be posted at any Austrian Post service location. This service is available throughout Austria.

Go to rate

Our sender information service is a notification via text message or e-mail to the sender that the Post Express items has been received by the recipient. This service is free of charge.

The recipient of a Post Express items will receive a text message with the information that the item is on its way. This service is free of charge.

Go to rate

Upon request by the sender, we will deliver the item to the recipient only after they have paid the amount of money defined by the sender. Österreichische Post will then transfer the cash-on-delivery amount to an account specified by the sender. This service is available throughout Austria.

Go to rate

Your valuables are in very good hands with us! Use this additional serve to send cash, cheques, securities, credit or debit cards, jewellery, precious metals, gems, and other content worth more than EUR 1,500 as an insured Post Express-item with special handling.

 

We accept insured items worth up to EUR 10,000.

 

If your item is worth more than EUR 1,500, please seal it with a sealing strip.

 

Go to rate

If the content of your Post Express item is fragile or sensitive to shock, please let us know at the counter. We will affix a "fragile" sticker to ensure handling with special care during shipping. Your item will be sorted and distributed manually.

Go to rate

Items can be posted at all Austrian Post service locations

Service Delivery Combine with
1. 10:00 a.m. To all regional capitals 2,4,5,6
2.Cash-on-delivery Anywhere in Austria 1,4,5,6
3.Saturday delivery To all regional capitals and selected postcode areas 4,5
4.Personal delivery Anywhere in Austria 1,2,3,5,6
5. Sender/recipient in-formation. Fragile Anywhere in Austria 1,2,3,4,6
6.Insured item Anywhere in Austria 1,2,4,5