Christmas Post
Royal Mail's last Christmas posting dates for 2019
Royal Mail’s latest recommended posting dates for delivery in the UK in 2019 are:
- Wednesday, December 18 for second class mail
- Friday, December 20 for first class mail
When will Royal Mail not deliver post?
There will be no delivery and collection service from Christmas Day through to Boxing day, however normal service will resume on Friday December 27.
On New Year’s Eve and New Year's Day there will be no deliveries or collections.
In Scotland, January 2 is a bank holiday so there will be no deliveries or collections north of the border.
Posting Overseas
We will be posting out your mail by the dates below, anything that comes in after these dates will be held until normal Royal Mail service resumes after Christmas.
If you want to reach the rest of the world using the International Standard (formerly known as Airmail) service these are the latest recommended posting dates for your diary:
- Monday December 9 for Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Central & South America and the Far and Middle East
- Tuesday, December 10 for Cyprus and Malta.
- Wednesday, December 11 for Eastern Europe (ex Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia)
- Thursday, December 12 for Greece, Turkey, Australia and New Zealand
- Saturday, December 14 for the Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Canada, Finland, Sweden and USA
- Monday, December 16 for Austria, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Portugal, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland and Spain
- Wednesday, December 18 for Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg
Last Amazon posting dates for Christmas 2018
If you are planning on ordering right up until xmas please note that our offices will not be sending out any mail on the 23rd December.
We will start to post our mail after Christmas on the 27th, once Royal Mail normal service resumes.
For Amazon, make sure you place your orders before the last posting dates below.
- Dates and Times to be confirmed
Parcel force - Last posting dates for international destinations
Last posting dates for our their popular destinations .
| Service | Last Send by Dates |
|---|---|
| globalexpress | Tuesday 17th December |
| globalpriority | Friday 13th December - Monday 16th December |
| globalvalue | Tuesday 10th December -Friday 13th December |
| Service | Last Send by Dates |
|---|---|
| globalexpress | Tuesday 17th December |
| globalpriority | Monday 16th December |
| globalvalue | Monday 9th December |
| globaleconomy | Tuesday 15th October |
| Service | Last Send by Dates |
|---|---|
| globalexpress | Monday 9th December - Tuesday 17th December |
| globalpriority | Tuesday 26th November - Monday 16th December |
| globalvalue | Friday 29th November - Tuesday 10th December |
| Service | Last Send by Dates |
|---|---|
| irelandexpress | Thursday 19th December |
British Forces Post Offices
The last dates for International Standard HM Forces Mail for British Forces Post Offices (BFPOs) are Monday, November 25 for operational BFPOs, and Friday, December 13 for static BFPOs.