Stamp prices for 2025 announced
The Hague, the Netherlands, 21 October 2024 – From 1 January 2025, PostNL will change the prices for sending parcels and stamps – new prices that are inevitable in the face of declining mail volumes. These new universal service obligation (USO) prices are within the scope granted to PostNL by its regulator ACM for 2025.
Price changes from 1 January 2025
| Stamp prices | Current | From 1 January 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Letters within the Netherlands | € 1.14 | € 1.21 |
| Letters abroad | € 1.80 | € 1.90 |
| Domestic parcels | € 6.95 | € 6.95 |
| Domestic parcels from a PostNL point | € 7.95 | € 8.25 |
Maurice Unck, Director of Mail in the Netherlands, said: “We’ve been dealing with volume declines for many years now, and particularly in post sent and received by consumers, to whom these new rates will apply. Our postmen and women have ever less mail for delivery in their bags. Whereas we used to deliver an average three letters a day at every address in the country, this number has shrunk to three a week. At the same time, costs have shot up and putting up prices has become imperative.”
New stamp prices for mail
From 1 January 2025, PostNL will raise its rates for sending letters within the Netherlands to €1.21 and the basic rate for letters sent abroad will be €1.90. Every year, PostNL issues special December stamps for the holiday season. The price of a PostNL December stamp will be €1.06 in 2024. A sheet of 20 December stamps will sell at €21.20 and will be available to buy from 18 November via postnl.nl, or at post offices, parcel points and other designated stamp outlets.
New rates for parcels
Sending a domestic parcel for which the delivery label is purchased online will remained unchanged at €6.95. Having the same parcel stamped at a PostNL point will be charged at a new rate of €8.25. Prices for sending parcels outside the Netherlands vary based on weight and country of destination. Rates for sending international parcels will remain largely unchanged if consumers buy their delivery labels online. A higher price will be charged for purchasing a delivery label from a PostNL point.
All rates and prices
PostNL’s full product offering including prices will be posted on the PostNL website in the course of this week.
About PostNL
We are PostNL, here for everyone, bringing it all together for 225 years. With an extensive network of nearly 5,800 PostNL points, 11,000 letterboxes, and over 900 automated, also open to various carriers, along with millions of users of the PostNL app, we're always close by. We aim to be everyone's favourite deliverer by making it as easy as possible to send and receive parcels and mail. With nearly 34,000 colleagues working with us, we are part of society. We offer a range of services, including mail and parcel delivery, logistic e-commerce solutions, and cross-border solutions. On an average weekday in the Benelux, we deliver 1.1 million parcels and 6.9 million letters. We are commitment to customer satisfaction, providing opportunities for our employees, and generating value for our stakeholders through growth, digitalisation, and sustainability.
We optimise and support our physical networks through the use of smart digital solutions and introduce new propositions that add value for our customers. And aim for sustainable employment relationships by being a good employer to all people working with and for us. We focus on sustainability, making many journeys on foot and by bicycle, increasingly using cleaner fuels and electric vehicles, and offering innovative city logistics. PostNL N.V. is a publicly traded company with a turnover of €3.2 billion in 2023, 62% of which e-commerce related.