Standards support and downloads

S48 program examples

S48 Postal-4i: 4-state symbology and its user for the encoding of data on postal items.

S18 program examples

S18 ID-tagging of letter mail items.

S10 Check Digit Validation Tool

This tool checks the validity of an S10, 13-character identifier by calculating the check digit in character position 11 (after the user has entered the number values in positions 3 to 10).

S08 and S09 Postal despatches / Postal receptacles

This document is intended to assist with the application of UPU standards S8–5 & S9–7.

UPU EDI Messaging – XML schemas and examples

M30 Electronic Data Interchange between postal handling organisations
M33 Electronic communication of item information
M42 Electronic verification notes
M43a CUSITM and M43b CUSRSP
M45 REFDIS
M46 REFACK
M85 Data dictionary for messages based on UPU standard M30
S57 Statement of mailing submission
Last update: 23 May 2013

M45 (REFDIS) sample files

For testing purposes, the zip provides M45 REFDIS messages corresponding to UPU Code List 108 and its evolution over time, with two sets of messages: full messages and incremental messages.
For more information, please read ReadMe.txt included in the zip.
Last update: 23 May 2013