English term
Canada
by return of post
La société a écrit: The down-payment of Euro 10.000,= must be paid before or at the 8th of October 2012 by return of post by means of a (telephone) bank transfer or a cash deposit on bank account number ....
Vu le virement bancaire ou le dépôt, il est évident que "return of post" ne signifie pas "retour du courrier". Je penche donc pour l'autre signification à savoir "rapidement, meillurs délais".
Considérant la date fixée (je ne vois donc pas l'intérêt de préciser "return of post"), je pensais tourner la phrase différemment et dire que l'accompte doit être versé dans les meilleurs délais et au plus tard le 8 octobre...non?
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Françoise Vogel
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Non-PRO (2): Tristan Jimenez, GILLES MEUNIER
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Proposed translations
"la langue révérée" ...
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Italian to French, French to Italian, and 1 more.
par retour de courrier
"par retour de courrier" a probablement le sens de "dès réception de..."
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Elise Le Mer
: Françoise, nous avons tapé nos réponses quasiment en même temps. Donc, je suis d'accord ;-)
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merci Elise :)
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Tony M
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merci !
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Alexandre Tissot
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merci !
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GILLES MEUNIER
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merci !
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Alain Boulé
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merci !
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Aylha
: Idem dans le sens "dès réception du courrier"
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ou comment couper la poire en deux :-)
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Tristan Jimenez
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merci !
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Anne R
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bonjour Anne, merci
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Irène Guinez
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merci Irène
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Karine Larcher
: Glossary of postal terms / compiled by the Translation Division, Secretary of State, (Post Office Department) = Glossaire des termes de la poste / établi par la Division de la traduction, Secrétariat d'Etat, (Ministère des postes). Publication canadienne.
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Belgium
Engineer - Industry Specialist
Native in: French (Variant: Belgian)
Works in: English to French, Dutch to French, French to English
instamment
United Kingdom
Your En>Fr marketing translator
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, English, French
par retour de courrier
Discussion
Since a specific date is given, and no posting is involved, it seems to make no sense at all; it would be best to check with the customer, but I'd certainly consider simply leaving it out.