As we work closely with the Royal Mail group, we have all the relative information that you will need this Christmas surrounding postage and mailing within the UK and internationally.
Beat the festive rush and get all your letters and parcels in the post on time and prepare early, especially if you are sending mail internationally.
The key dates for the UK are as follows:
Friday 16 December
- Royal Mail Bulk Mail Economy
Monday 19 December
- 2nd Class
- 2nd Class Signed For
- Royal Mail 48®
Wednesday 21 December
- 1st Class
- 1st Class Signed For
- Royal Mail 24®
- Royal Mail Tracked 48®**
Thursday 22 December
- Special Delivery Guaranteed®
- Royal Mail Tracked 24®**
Friday 23 December
- Special Delivery Guaranteed® with Saturday Guarantee
** Royal Mail Tracked 24® and Royal Mail Tracked 48® are not available to purchase at Post Office® branches. **
International Standard & International tracking and signature services
Friday 7 October
- British Virgin Islands
- Dominica
- Anguilla
Thursday 1 December
- Australia
- New Zealand
Friday 2 December
- China (People’s Republic)
Monday 5 December
- All remaining Caribbean destinations
Wednesday 7 December
- Africa, Asia (except China, People’s Republic), Central and South America, Far and Middle East
Thursday 8 December
- Cyprus
- Malta
Friday 9 December
- Greece
- Eastern Europe (except Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia)
- Turkey
Saturday 10 December
- Canada
- Czech Republic
- Finland
- Italy
- Poland
- Sweden
- USA
Monday 12 December
- Austria
- Denmark
- Germany
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Portugal
- Slovakia
- Spain
- Switzerland
Wednesday 14 December
- Belgium
- France
- Luxembourg
HM Forces Mail – British Forces Post Office (BFPO)
Friday 2 December
- Operational HM Forces
Friday 2 December
- Static HM Forces
If you are looking for any more information regarding the posting and delivery times this Christmas, then make sure to check out the Royal Mail website.
Likewise, you can contact us and get a free quote if you have any enquiries about sending mail this festive season.