Royal Mail last posting dates for Christmas 2015
Even if you haven’t started planning your Christmas shopping yet, never mind actually having your parcels reading for posting, you need to know when the Post Office deadline is.
Don’t leave anyone disappointed this Christmas – make sure you post by the recommended last dates listed below. The final date may be sooner than you think…
| 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® |
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If you intend to use another postal service, the last dates for Parcelforce can be found here, DPD and Interlink Express is here and other courier companies are sure to publish their deadlines on their own websites very shortly.
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