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Packstation is a service run by DHL Parcel Germany, a business unit of Deutsche Post's Mail division, in Germany.

It provides automated booths for self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as self-service dispatch of parcels 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Packstation started as a pilot project in 2001 and was quickly expanded.

In November 2011 there were 2500 Packstation machines in Germany.

Only ordinary parcels and letters delivered by Deutsche Post can be delivered to Packstations.

Moreover, Deutsche Post allows its subsidiary DHL Express Germany to insert a limited number of express parcels.

DHL Express is a division of the German logistics company Deutsche Post DHL providing international courier, parcel and express mail services.

Deutsche Post DHL is the world's largest logistics company operating around the world, particularly in sea and air mail.

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe.

It includes 16 constituent states, covers an area of, and has a largely temperate seasonal climate.

With about 82 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union.

After the United States, it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world.

Germany's capital and largest metropolis is Berlin, while its largest conurbation is the Ruhr (main centres: Dortmund and Essen).

Other major cities include Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Leipzig.

Franking refers to any devices, markings, or combinations thereof ("franks") applied to mails of any class which qualifies them to be postally serviced.

Types of franks include uncanceled and precanceled postage stamps (both adhesive and printed on postal stationery), impressions applied via postage meter (via so-called "postage evidencing systems"), official use "Penalty" franks, Business Reply Mail (BRM), and other permit Imprints (Indicia), manuscript and facsimile "franking privilege" signatures, "soldier's mail" markings, and any other forms authorized by the 191 postal administrations that are members of the Universal Postal Union.

Package delivery or parcel delivery is the delivery of shipping containers, parcels, or high value mail as single shipments.

The service is provided by most postal systems, express mail, private package delivery services, and less than truckload shipping carriers.