| Last recommended posting services |
Service |
| UK |
| Wed
14th December |
Standard Parcels |
| Sat
17th December |
Second Class and Recorded Signed For™ |
| Tue
20th December |
First Class and Recorded Signed For™ |
| Wed
21st December |
Parcelforce express48 |
| Thu
22nd December |
Parcelforce express24 |
| Special Delivery™ |
| Thu
22nd December |
Special Delivery™ |
| Fri
23rd December |
Special Delivery™ with Saturday Guarantee |
| International Surface Mail |
| Fri
30th September |
Non-European destinations except Middle East, South Africa, Far East, USA
and Canada |
| Tue
4th October |
Middle and Far East (except Hong Kong and Singapore) |
| Tue
18th October |
South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, the USA and Canada |
| Tue
8th November |
Eastern Europe, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Malta and Iceland |
| Tue
22nd November |
Western Europe |
| International Airmail |
| Mon
5th December |
South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Far
East (including Japan), Australia and New Zealand |
| Fri
9th December |
Eastern Europe, USA and Canada |
| Mon
12th December |
Western Europe |
| British Forces Post Office (BFPO) |
| Fri
2nd December |
Airmail to Operational BFPOs |
| Thu
15th December |
Airmail to Static BFPOs |
| Royal Mail Tracked® |
| Mon
19th December |
RM
Tracked |
| Tue
20th December |
RM
Tracked High Volume |
| Wed
21st December |
RM
Tracked Next Day |
| PacketPost™/Packetsort |
| Sat
17th December |
Second Class |
| Tue
20th December |
First Class |
| Inland Presorted Traffic |
| Thu
15th December |
Mailsort 3 |
| Sat
17th December |
Mailsort 2, Presstream 2 and Walksort 2 |
| Tue
20th December |
Mailsort 1, Presstream 1 and Walksort 1 |
Last posting dates for Mailsort3 deferred for delivery over the Christmas/New Year period
are:
For delivery on/from Wednesday 28th Dec - last posting day 14th December
For delivery on/from or after Tuesday 3 Jan - (Wednesday 4th Jan Scotland) - last posting day Friday
16th Dec
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