Last Christmas Posting Dates 2024

We’ve listed your last chance to post in the UK using the Royal Mail to deliver to various locations worldwide.

Please note that these dates are subject to change, and we encourage you to post as soon as you can.

Posting to the UK

Date	Postage option
Wednesday 18th December	2nd Class 2nd Class Signed For
Friday 20th December	1st Class 1st Class Signed For Royal Mail Tracked 48®
Saturday 21st December	Royal Mail Tracked 24®
Monday 23rd December	Special Delivery Guaranteed®

Posting internationally

International Economy

Date	Location
Wednesday 9th October	All non-European destinations (excluding Canada, the Middle and Far East, South Africa and the USA)
Monday 21st October	Hong Kong, Middle and Far East, Singapore and South Africa
Wednesday 6th November	Canada and USA
Monday 2nd December	Cyprus, Eastern Europe, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Turkey and Western Europe

International Tracking and Signature services

Date	Location
Tuesday 26th November	Africa, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, China (People’s Republic), Far and Middle East and New Zealand
Wednesday 27th November	Cyprus, Malta, Portugal and Spain
Thursday 28th November	Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Eastern Europe (except Czech Republic and Poland), France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland and Turkey
Friday 29th November	Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Poland, Sweden, USA and Canada

International Standard (Untracked)

Date	Location
Tuesday 26th November	Africa, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, China (People’s Republic), Far and Middle East and New Zealand
Wednesday 27th November	Cyprus, Malta, Portugal and Spain
Thursday 28th November	Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Eastern Europe (except Czech Republic and Poland), France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland and Turkey
Friday 29th November	Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Poland, Sweden, USA and Canada

HM Forces Mail - British Forces Post Office (BFPO)

Date	Location
Wednesday 27th November	Operational HM Forces
Wednesday 4th December	Static HM Forces

Use UK Postbox to send letters and forward parcels

We offer a solution to send letters and parcels internationally without ever having to leave your home. Just use our platform or iOS and Android apps to manage where your mail is going and who it’s going to.

Send letters online

To send a letter online, upload a PDF to our platform and tell us where it’s being delivered to. We’ll then print and post it on your behalf from our UK location. Send individual letters or post them to multiple addresses at once.

Shop & ship

Sign up for a virtual address to use for your online shopping and use our shop & ship service to forward them anywhere else worldwide. We’ll receive parcels on your behalf and store them free for 30 days. When you’re ready to send them elsewhere, just provide us with the delivery information and we’ll handle everything for you. If you choose a Tracked or Signed For option, you can follow tracking updates directly in your account.

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