What does this mean on a letter?

[styley]

My last payslip took about a month to reach me. When I got it it had been stamped with a mark saying Do Not Surcharge. This had never been on one before. What does this mean and did it have anything to do with the lateness in arrival?

[raysparx1]

means that not enough postage had been paid, but the post office decided not to put the surcharge on.

[Postdog]

and yes it may have been held up for a day or two, but no longer than that. Maybe it got lost in the system, and you weren't charged as that would be extracting the urine.

[styley]

It's posted from england and getting sent to me in ireland. Would that perhaps be the reason? But I've gotten it okay the last two months since I changed address from northern ireland and that's the first time it happened. Might need to look into that. Thanks.

[~max~]

Sorry, but...you changed address from Northern Ireland to the South?

Traitor. ;O)

[styley]

Different debate me laddo, but I'd moved to norn iron from the south in't first place. Sure we're all on the one road these days anywho;)

[dzug]

Reason will probably be that your employer didn't pay the postage for Ireland and that the Royal Mail held it up deciding what to do with it. There isn't really a system for surcharging international mail - they either let it go or return to sender.

Maybe on earlier occasions they didn't notice/bother or your employer stamped it correctly.

[styley]

Yeah that seems to have been the case, came by airmail this month so the mail guys must have informed them. That's that answer all wrapped up in a nice neat package.