Make sure you post before the last posting date
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Key dates |
Service |
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International Surface Mail |
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Fri 28th September |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Caribbean, Central America, New Zealand, South America |
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Tue 2nd October |
Middle and Far East (except Hong Kong and Singapore) |
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Tue 16th October |
Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, USA |
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Tue 6th November |
Cyprus, Eastern Europe, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Turkey |
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Tue 20th November |
Western Europe |
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International Airmail including Airsure® and International Signed For |
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Wed 5th December |
Asia, Australia, Far East (including Japan), New Zealand |
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Fri 7th December |
Africa, Caribbean, Central America, Middle East and South America |
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Mon 10th December |
Canada, Eastern Europe, USA |
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Wed 12th December |
Western Europe |
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Last arrival dates for Import Mail |
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Fri 14th December |
Inward Surface Mail |
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Friday 21st December |
Inward Airmail |
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British Forces Post Office (BFPO) |
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Fri 30th November |
Airmail to Operational BFPOs |
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Fri 14th December |
Airmail to Static BFPOs |
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UK |
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Thu 13th December |
Standard and Mail Order Return Parcels |
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Tue 18th December |
Second Class and Recorded Signed For™ |
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Thu 20th December |
First Class and Recorded Signed For™ |
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Special Delivery™ |
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Fri 21st December |
Special Delivery™ with Saturday Guaranteed |
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Sat 22nd December |
Special Delivery™ |
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Royal Mail Tracked® |
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Wed 19th December |
Tracked™ |
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Thurs 20th December |
Tracked High Volume™ |
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Fri 21st December |
Tracked Next Day™ |
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Business Contract Services |
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Fri 14th December |
Business Mail (Sorted) Economy, Advertising Mail™ Economy |
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Tues 18th December |
Second Class Business Mail (Sorted or Unsorted), Advertising Mail™, Publishing Mail |
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Thurs 20th December |
First Class Business Mail (Sorted or Unsorted), Advertising Mail™, Publishing Mail |
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Fri 21st December |
Publishing Mail Premium (posted by 01:00) |
Last posting dates for Economy Deferred for delivery over the Christmas and New Year period are:
For delivery on/from Thursday 27 December, the last posting day is Friday 14 December
For delivery on/from or after Wednesday 2 January (Thursday 3 January in Scotland), the last posting day is Wednesday 19 December.
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