Posting Dates

Don't forget to order your presents in plenty of time! In order to get presents to people on time, here are the last posting dates for the Royal Mail for Christmas 2011. It is recommended that in order for your parcel to arrive in time for Christmas, you post your item(s) before these dates!

United Kingdom (UK)

Standard Parcels: Wednesday 14th December 2011
2nd Class: Saturday 17th December 2011
1st Class: Tuesday 20th December 2011

Or, if you forget and are really late (don't worry, we've all done it), there's always this:
Special Delivery: Thursday 22nd December 2011

International Airmail

South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Far East (including Japan), Asia, New Zealand and Australia: Monday 5th December 2011
Eastern Europe, USA and Canada: Friday 9th December 2011
Western Europe: Monday 12th December 2011

International Surface Mail

Non-European destinations except Middle East, South Africa, Far East, USA & Canada: Friday 30th Sep 2011
Middle East and Far East (except Hong Kong & Singapore): Tuesday 4th Oct 2011
South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, the USA and Canada: Tuesday 18th Oct 2011
Eastern Europe, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Malta and Iceland: Tuesday 8th Nov 2011
Western Europe: Tuesday 22nd Nov 2011

British Forces Post Office (BFPO)

Airmail to Operational BFPOs: Fri 2nd December 2011
Airmail to Static BFPOs: Thu 15th December 2011

Last Christmas Posting Dates 2011 source: www.royalmail.com

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