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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hand-written method of postal franking in the Netherlands
[Postzegelcode]Example of a postzegelcode

A postzegelcode is a hand-written method of franking in the
Netherlands. It consists of a code containing nine numbers and
letters that customers can purchase online from PostNL and write
directly on their piece of mail within five days as proof-of-payment
in place of a postage stamp.

For mail within the Netherlands the nine letters and numbers are
written as a grid of 3x3. For international mail there is fourth
additional row that contains P, N, L.

The system was started in 2013.^[1] Initially the postzegelcode was
more expensive than a stamp because additional handling systems were
required. Then for a while the postzegelcode was cheaper. Eventually
the tariffs were set to the same price.

In December 2020, 590,000 people sent cards with postzegelcodes.^[2]

Safety[edit]

Since the codes are valid for only five days, the chance that someone
would guess a recently purchased code is quite low. Assuming 26
letters and 9 digits (the zero is not used to avoid confusion with
the letter O), there are 35^9 (=78.8 trillion) possibilities. Even if
a postzegelcode were used for all mail items in the Netherlands, the
probability is about 1 in 2 million that any stamp code has been sold
in the past five days.

References[edit]

 1. ^ "Postzegel niet meer nodig met app". nos.nl (in Dutch).
    2013-05-23. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
 2. ^ "Gebruik postzegelcodes PostNL bijna verdrievoudigd". RTL
    Nieuws (in Dutch). 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2023-08-29.

External links[edit]

  * PostNL, postzegelcode

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