Mail for the blind

About

Mail for the blind is sent open, with an enclosure of a written message written in secograph, clichés with signs of secography, printed publications for the blind, as well as sound recordings or special paper intended exclusively for the blind, provided that it is sent by an official institution for the blind or addressed to such an institution.

The sender and/or the recipient must be a blind person, or must be an organisation we recognise as serving the needs of blind people.

Sizes:

• minimum: 100 mm — in one dimension and not less than 50 mm — in another,
• wrapped by a tube: 100 mm — long and 50 mm — in diameter.

Weight: up to 7 kg.

Within Ukraine, mails for the blind are sent free of charge (except for those transported by air).

Kinds of mail for the blind

• Simple mail for the blind

  It is sent in a simple order and does not have a tracking number.

  How to order: give it to post office employee. You can buy packaging in the post office.

  We deliver simple mail for the blind to the specified address, and the postman leaves a parcel in the mailbox (if the size of the parcel is bigger, you can collect it from the post office).

• Registered mail for the blind

  It is sent by custom order by air or surface and has a tracking number.

  How to order: give it to post office employee and receive a payment document (check) with a tracking number.

  You can track the mail item on the Ukrposta website, in the mobile application or via chat bots in Messenger, Viber and Telegram.

  We deliver registered mail for the blind personally to the addressee or by letter of attorney (address delivery or delivery to the the post office).

Additional services:

• Delivery notification

  Fill out the form CN07 to order this notification, and we will inform you when the item was delivered and to whom (the addressee or authorized person). This notification returns to sender as a simple letter. You can also add the "Personallly only" tag. Service is available for Ukraine and for countries defined by the Guidelines for receiving international mail.

• Courier delivery

  We will deliver the letter to the address immediately after it arrives at the post office. Service is available for Ukraine and for countries defined by the Guidelines for receiving international mail.

Prices

Check prices here.

Terms

Check delivery terms here.

How to order

It is important to sign the mail item in legible handwriting.

To: write the address of the recipient in the bottom right part.

Specify the name, surname of the addressee, street, house and apartment number, town/city, district and region (in the language of the country of destination), postal code, country (in Ukrainian).

On the international mail, the name of the addressee and his mailing address should be written in Latin letters and Arabic numerals. If the postal address is written in the language of the country of destination, the name of the settlement and country of destination should be repeated in Ukrainian (in capital letters).

From: the address of the sender write in the upper left part.

Specify the name, surname of the sender, street, house and apartment number, district, region and town/city (in the language of the country of departure), zip code, location and country (duplicate in Latin letters).

You can find the postal codes of Ukraine on our website, in a mobile application or via chat bots in Messenger, Viber and Telegram.