Definition: Letter-post item

Category: Postal statistics

Letter-post item refers to addressed letters, postcards, other printed papers (newspapers, periodicals, catalogues, etc), small packets, literature for the blind ("phonopost" items, etc.), commercial papers, samples of merchandise, etc. 

It excludes parcels. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Letter-post_item Statistics Explained, a distinct section of the official Eurostat website presenting all statistical topics in an easily understandable way, Postal statistics