Poste restante

The Poste Restante service is run by the national postal company, Correo Argentino.

Upon retiring, the recipient must provide proof of identity and pay a charge equivalent to a simple mail service.

For outward bound international mail, the form "POSTE RESTANTE" is recognised.

[2][3][4] In Austria, Poste restante can be used with a name or an agreed passphrase under which the envelope can be collected, followed by the indication Postlagernd (in capitals).

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, mail is addressed to Poste restante, which is written after the full name of the recipient as shown in their ID document or passport.

In Cambodia, mail is addressed to Poste restante, which is written after the full name of the recipient.

Travellers may use the service for up to four months, and it is also used in circumstances where other methods of delivery (such as post office boxes) are not available.

In Croatia, mail is addressed to Poste restante, which is written after the full name of the recipient (as appears on the identification to be presented ID document or a passport, if abroad).

[10] In 2019, picking up mail from poste restante was to become paid service, but the planned fee was cancelled.

Items may be collected from the designated post office upon production of valid identification (e.g. Passport) and the passphrase.

It is important to use the term Postlagernd in preference to, or in conjunction with, Poste restante to prevent returned mail.

Mail is addressed thus: Carry a passport or some other form of national identification to pick it up.

In Italy, writing fermoposta together with the full name of the addressee and postal code will activate general delivery at the relevant post office.

Upon collection, the addressee needs to pay MOP 6.50 as the administration fee (additional charges may apply).

The recipient's address must include the words 存局候領 (in Chinese) or Posta Restante (in Portuguese).

Prior to using the service, the person must inform MaltaPost via email, and a means of identification needs to be provided when picking up the mail.

Valid foreign identification for obtaining mail is limited to passports and European Identity cards.

(In Poland every post office is uniquely identified by city and number, e.g. "Warszawa 1" or "Kraków 35".

Every Poczta Polska office is valid target for poste restante delivery and the service is provided with no additional cost.

All types of mail, e.g. letters, parcels and money orders, can be sent to poste restante.

In order to collect a parcel, the individual is required to provide an ID document (usually a passport) that matches the indicated receiver's information.

The phrase is a phonetic transliteration and indicates that the parcel has to be stored in a postal office (Russian: почтовое отделение, lit.

For incoming parcels, a certain fee must be paid if the package's cost or weight exceeds the duty-free limits.

After Russian imports had been sanctioned following the invasion of Ukraine, the cost limit was temporarily increased to €1,000.

[31] In Serbia, mail is addressed to Post-Restant or Poste restante, which is written after the full name of the recipient (as appears on the identification to be presented ID document or a passport, if abroad).

The words Poste restante or To Be Called For must appear next to the recipient's full name on a postal article.

[33] The post office will not notify the recipient about the delivery, and will hold the mail for 18 days, unless told otherwise by the sender.

In Slovenia mail is addressed to Pošto Ležeče, which is written after the full name of the recipient (as appears on the identification to be presented ID document or a passport, if abroad).

When collecting mail from the post office recipients will need to show some form of identification such as a passport or photo driving license.

Addressing takes the following format: Here, 1234 represents the postal number of the post office.