I HAVE RECEIVED THE LETTER ON 25/08/2017. vs I HAD RECEIVED THE LETTER ON 25/08/2017.

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "I have received the letter on 25/08/2017." is used when the action of receiving the letter is connected to the present moment or recent past. "I had received the letter on 25/08/2017." is used when the action of receiving the letter is connected to a past point in time.

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I HAVE RECEIVED THE LETTER ON 25/08/2017.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate an action that happened in the past and is connected to the present moment or recent past.

This phrase is used to indicate that the action of receiving the letter happened at a point in the past but is relevant to the present moment or recent past.

Examples:

I have received the letter yesterday.
She has finished her homework.
They have already left for the airport.
He has eaten lunch.
Have you seen the new movie?

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But I have received the operational signal.
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I therefore wish to know if you have received the letter, Mr President, and if you are going to distribute it.
I must inform you that, pursuant to the Rules of Procedure, I have received the resignation of Mr Bernard Tapie with effect from 4 February 1997.
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I have received the two votes while my father is a surgeon, so none of this dissection business disturbs me at all.
I have received the proposal for a resolution tabled by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Therefore, until I have received the request sent via the Spanish governmental authorities, I shall not take it into consideration.
I have received, my Hyperion, the letters you have sent from afar.
I would like to remind everyone, as I said earlier, that I have received a reply from the Council to the letters which I sent.
I would like to inform the House that I have received the motion for a resolution(1).
But, as honourable Members know from the letters I have received individually and collectively in this House and beyond, there is no simple solution here.
I would therefore ask you to vote against the waiving of immunity, and request that the case be referred back to the committee for a possible new decision once we have received the letter from Commissioner Frattini and the answer from Poland.
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Mr President, the fact is that I have received the proposal for a law concerning a voting right for Gibraltar from the British House of Commons, but only after I put this question - I did not know about it before.
On this matter I have received the motion for a resolution B4-0666/98, on behalf of the Committee on External Economic Relations, pursuant to rule 40, paragraph 5 of the Rules of Procedure.

Alternatives:

I received the letter on 25/08/2017.
I got the letter on 25/08/2017.
I've got the letter on 25/08/2017.
I've received the letter on 25/08/2017.
I've received the letter.

I HAD RECEIVED THE LETTER ON 25/08/2017.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate an action that happened in the past and is connected to a specific point in time in the past.

This phrase is used to indicate that the action of receiving the letter happened at a specific point in the past and is not necessarily connected to the present moment.

Examples:

I had received the letter before I left for the trip.
She had finished her work by the time I arrived.
They had already left when I got there.
He had eaten lunch before the meeting.
Had you seen the new movie before?

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I had received the letter three days before.
I wondered if old Lady Grantham had received the letter.
Rosie had received the letter from the Magistrates' Court that afternoon.
I asked Private Bloxham not to tell anyone I had received the order.
After I had received the shortlists and met each of the candidates in person, I personally took responsibility for establishing an order according to what I felt, in all conscience, were the most useful and the most credible criteria.
Their chief partisan comrade Soldatenkov had received the final instructions.
The President announced that he had received the Conference of Presidents' proposal on appointments to the interparliamentary delegations.
The President announced that he had received the following nominations for the election of Quaestors.
I went numb, as though I had received an electric shock.
I had received a letter from Mr Podestà requesting that the report be declared inadmissible.
The President announced that he had received the Conference of Presidents' proposal on appointments to the interparliamentary delegations.
The President announced that he had received the candidacy of
The President announced that he had received the following nominations for Quaestors:
I should like to have seen us in Parliament postponing the debate on the proposal until we had received the Council's legal evaluation.
Madam President, I hesitated before asking to speak again because I noticed that your press secretaries just handed you something and I thought perhaps you had received the latest news.
The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE-DE Group:
The President had received the following appointment requests from the PPE-DE Group:
The President announced that he had received the following nominations for Vice-President:
The President announced that he had received the following nominations for Quaestors: Mia De Vits, Szabolcs Fazakas, Ingo Friedrich, Astrid Lulling, Jan Mulder and James Nicholson.
Member States were informed on 27 April 2011 that the Commission considered that it had received the information necessary for appraising the requests made by Denmark.

Alternatives:

I received the letter on 25/08/2017.
I got the letter on 25/08/2017.
I've got the letter on 25/08/2017.
I've received the letter on 25/08/2017.
I've received the letter.

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I HAVE RECEIVED THE LETTER ON 25/08/2017. vs I HAD RECEIVED THE LETTER ON 25/08/2017.