Last posting dates 2011
Make sure you post before the last posting date
| 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 express48 |
| Thu 22nd December | Parcelforce express24 |
| 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 |
| 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 and Walksort 2 |
| Tue 20th December | Mailsort 1, Presstream 1 and Walksort 1 |