Last Recommended Christmas Postage Dates for UK Royal Mail – 2017
If you have cards or presents to send either within the United Kingdom or further afield, these are the 2017 postage dates you need to know to for a pre-Christmas delivery using the Royal Mail.
These dates can never be 100% guaranteed so we recommend to not leave your Christmas posting to the last minute, where possible!
Don’t forget to also check out our list of all the major retailers’ last Christmas posting dates.
Latest Recommended Posting Dates
Beat the festive rush and get all your letters and parcels in the post on time.
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Wed | 27 September | All non-European destinations (except Canada, Far East, Middle East, South Africa and USA) |
Thu | 28 September | Middle and Far East (except Hong Kong and Singapore) |
Thu | 12 October | Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, USA |
Thu | 2 November | Cyprus, Eastern Europe, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Turkey |
Thu | 16 November | Western Europe |
Sat | 2 December | Africa, Middle East |
Wed | 6 December | Asia, Cyprus, Far East, Eastern Europe (except Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia) |
Thu | 7 December | Caribbean, Central and South America |
Sat | 9 December | Australia, Greece, New Zealand, Turkey |
Wed | 13 December | Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland |
Thu | 14 December | Canada, Finland, Sweden, USA |
Fri | 15 December | Austria, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland |
Sat | 16 December | Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg |
Mon | 27 November | Operational BFPOs |
Mon | 11 December | Static BFPOs |