Last Recommended Christmas Postage Dates for UK Royal Mail – 2015
If you have cards or presents to send either within the United Kingdom or further afield, these are the 2015 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.
| Services | Dates |
|---|---|
| International Services | |
| International Economy (formerly known as Surface Mail) | |
| Monday 28 September |
All non-European destinations (except Canada, Far East, Middle East, South Africa and the USA) |
| Tuesday 29 September | Far and Middle East (except Hong Kong and Singapore) |
| Tuesday 13 October | Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, USA |
| Tuesday 3 November | Cyprus, Eastern Europe, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Turkey |
| Tuesday 17 November | Western Europe |
|
International Standard (formerly Airmail) and all International Tracking and Signature Services (formerly Airsure® and International Signed For®) |
|
| Friday 4 December | Africa, Middle East |
| Monday 7 December | Asia, Cyprus, Far East, Japan, Eastern Europe (ex. Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia |
| Tuesday 8 December | Caribbean, Central & South America |
| Thursday 10 December | Greece, Australia, New Zealand |
| Monday 14 December | Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland |
| Tuesday 15 December | Canada, Finland, Sweden, USA |
| Wednesday 16 December | Austria, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal, Spain |
| Thursday 17 December | France |
| Friday 18 December | Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland |
| Contract Surface Air Lift | |
| Friday 13 November | South America, Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Far East, New Zealand, Australia |
| Friday 20 November | USA, Canada, Middle East |
|
International Standard HM Forces Mail - British Forces Post Office® (BFPO) |
|
| Friday 27 November | Operational BFPOs |
| Friday 11 December | Static BFPOs |
| UK Services | |
| UK Inland Services | |
| Saturday 19 December | 2nd Class and Royal Mail Signed For® |
| Monday 21 December | 1st Class and Royal Mail Signed For® |
| Wednesday 23 December | Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed® |
