Military mail
Postage-free postal items for military personnel
Send private letter and parcel consignments to military personnel weighing up to 5 kilogrammes free of charge. Military personnel weighing up to 5 kilogrammes can also send personal and military consignments free of charge. Consignments of up to 30 kilogrammes from army headquarters are postage-free.
Correct addressing
In order for us to deliver your letters or parcels, you must address them correctly. Please provide the following information on your consignment:
- Military rank, first name and last name
- Precise designation of the unit, the staff, the school or the course
- For a barracks address: barracks, postcode, town
- For a field address: “Military” remark with the correct military code number on the last line
Useful to know: you can obtain information on military codes from the “Büro Schweiz”, tel. +41 31 381 25 25.
Example
| Field address | Barracks address |
|---|---|
| Sdt Hans Meier Inf Kp 13/1 Military 61114 | Rekr Erich Müller Pz RS 23–1 Kp 2, Zug 1 Kaserne 3609 Thun |
Overview of exemption from postage
Personal and military consignments to on-duty members of the armed forces may be sent postage-free by both private and business customers in accordance with the list below.
For off-duty members of the armed forces, postage-free delivery is limited to military items only. These are labelled with the remark “Military”.
A Mail and B Mail letters |
Postage-free |
Value-added services for letters
|
Charges apply |
PostPac Priority / Economy
|
Postage-free |
PostPac Priority / Economy
|
Charges apply |
Bulky goods Priority / Economy |
Charges apply |
Value-added services for parcels
|
Charges apply |
Swiss-Express “Moon”, SameDay, Courier
|
Charges apply |
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Value-added services which are subject to a charge cannot be combined with free products. |