Royal Mail Christmas Last Posting Dates 2011

Last Recommended Christmas Postage Dates for UK Royal Mail – 2011

royal mail1 Royal Mail Christmas Last Posting Dates 2011If you have cards or presents to send either within the United Kingdom or further afield, these are the 2011 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.

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 express 48
Thu 22nd December Parcelforce express 24
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
Inland Standard Tariff Mail and Mail Order Return Parcels
Wed 14th December Standard Parcels
Sat 17th December Second Class and Recorded Signed For™
Tue 20th December First Class and Recorded Signed For™
Thu 22th December Special Delivery™
Fri 23rd December Special Delivery™ Saturday Guaranteed
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, Walksort 2 and Mail Order Return Parcels
Tue 20th December Mailsort 1, Presstream 1 and Walksort 1

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2 Responses to Royal Mail Christmas Last Posting Dates 2011

  1. Milo Edwards says:

    Hi I just wanted to know what are the last dates on which I can post Christmas cards to the PRC and to Taiwan. The website seems to deal with parcels generally, or cards to destinations nearer the UK.

    Please give me a quick email on this. Cheers Milo

  2. admin says:

    Hi Milo,

    I reckon that’s covered by the Far East, so for airmail, you’ll need to send your Christmas cards by Monday 5th December – best get your skates on!

    Admin

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