Last posting dates 2023
Get your cards, gifts and greetings there in time for Christmas. Check the latest recommended posting dates for all UK and international services as some international dates are earlier than last year. As always, our advice is to post early and avoid the rush.
Where would you like to send your gifts?
Check the last recommended posting dates for domestic and international mail services.
Within the UK
Royal Mail 2nd Class and 2nd Class Signed For
| Last recommended posting date |
|---|
| Monday 18 December |
Royal Mail 1st Class and 1st Class Signed For
| Last recommended posting date |
|---|
| Wednesday 20 December |
Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed
| Last recommended posting date |
|---|
| Thursday 21 December |
Parcelforce Worldwide express48 and express48 Large
| Last recommended posting date |
|---|
| Wednesday 20 December |
Parcelforce Worldwide express24. expressAM
| Last recommended posting date |
|---|
| Thursday 21 December |
Internationally
Royal Mail International Standard and International Tracking and Signature services
| Service | Last recommended posting date |
|---|---|
| Australia and New Zealand, Caribbean, China (People’s Republic), Africa, Asia, Central and South America, Far and Middle East | Wednesday 6 December |
| Cyprus and Malta | Thursday 7 December |
| Greece, Eastern Europe (except Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia) and Turkey | Friday 8 December |
| Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, USA and Canada | Monday 11 December |
| Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Slovakia, Switzerland | Wednesday 13 December |
HM Forces Mail – British Forces Post Office (BFPO)
| Service | Last recommended posting date |
|---|---|
| Operational HM Forces | Monday 27 November |
| Static HM Forces | Monday 4 December |
Parcelforce Worldwide express48 and express48 Large
| Service | Last recommended posting date |
|---|---|
| globalexpress and irelandexpress | Tuesday 19 December |
| globalpriority | Thursday 14 December |
| globalvalue | Monday 11 December |
Parcelforce Worldwide: Republic of Ireland delivery services
| Service | Last recommended posting date |
|---|---|
| The Caribbean | globalexpress: Friday 8 December |
| globalpriority: Wednesday 6 December | |
| globalvalue: Wednesday 29 November | |
| Rest of the World (Unless listed below) | globalexpress: Monday 11 December |
| globalpriority: Wednesday 6 December | |
| globalvalue: Wednesday 29 November | |
| Far East and Australasia | globalexpress: Tuesday 12 December |
| globalpriority: Wednesday 6 December | |
| globalvalue: Monday 4 December | |
| Europe (Unless listed below) | globalexpress: Thursday 14 December |
| globalpriority: Monday 11 December | |
| globalvalue: Friday 8 December | |
| USA and Canada | globalexpress: Tuesday 19 December |
| globalpriority: Monday 11 December | |
| globalvalue: Thursday 7 December | |
| Italy, Spain, Portugal | globalexpress: Monday 18 December |
| globalpriority: Tuesday 12 December | |
| globalvalue: Saturday 9 December | |
| France | globalexpress: Tuesday 19 December |
| globalpriority: Wednesday 13 December | |
| globalvalue: Monday 11 December | |
| Greece | globalexpress: Monday 18 December |
| globalpriority: Thursday 14 December | |
| globalvalue: Saturday 9 December | |
| Republic of Ireland, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg | globalexpress: Tuesday 19 December |
| globalpriority: Thursday 14 December | |
| globalvalue: Monday 11 December |
