Royal Mail have announced the last recommended posting dates for Christmas 2015. Whilst your courier might have later collection times, it’s likely that you’ll want to get all of your outgoing shipments out by the Wednesday the 23rd as Christmas Day falls on a Friday this year.
Shipments on Wednesday will rely on your customer being at home on the 24th when the courier or Royal Mail call so any late shoppers really will be leaving it to the last minute if they purchase for shipment on the 23rd.
Last Christmas 2015 Posting Dates, Inland Mail
2nd Class and Royal Mail Signed For
Saturday 19 December
1st Class and Royal Mail Signed For
Monday 21 December
Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed
Wednesday 23 December
International Standard HM Forces Mail – British Forces Post Office (BFPO)
Operational BFPOs
Friday 27 November
Static BFPOs
Friday 11 December
International Standard International Tracking and Signature Services
Africa, Middle East
Friday 4 December
Asia, Cyprus, Far East, Japan, Eastern Europe (ex. Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia
Monday 7 December
Caribbean, Central & South America
Tuesday 8 December
Greece, Australia, New Zealand
Thursday 10 December
Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland
Monday 14 December
Canada, Finland, Sweden, USA
Tuesday 15 December
Austria, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal, Spain
Wednesday 16 December
France
Thursday 17 December
Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland
Friday 18 December
International Economy
All non-European destinations (except Canada, Far East, Middle East, South Africa and the USA)
Monday 28 September
Far and Middle East (except Hong Kong and Singapore)
Tuesday 29 September
Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, USA
Tuesday 13 October
Cyprus, Eastern Europe, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Turkey
Tuesday 3 November
Western Europe
Tuesday 17 November
