Christmas 2024 Last Posting Dates

15 Oct 2024

This year we’re not expecting any Royal Mail strikes, so businesses can have a little more confidence in Royal Mail’s last posting dates for Christmas 2024. Having said that, Royal Mail’s quality of service hasn’t been great of late, and while parcels appear to arrive more or less on time, letter delivery is still sporadic at best in different parts of the country so for letters (and large letters) posting early is highly recommended!

Domestic Christmas 2024 Last Posting Dates

Wednesday 18 December	2nd Class 2nd Class Signed For
Friday 20 December	1st Class 1st Class Signed For Royal Mail Tracked 48^®
Saturday 21 December	Royal Mail Tracked 24^®
Monday 23 December	Special Delivery Guaranteed^®

International Economy

Wednesday 9 October	All non-European destinations (except South Africa, Canada, Middle and Far East, USA)
Monday 21 October	Hong Kong, Middle and Far East, Singapore and South Africa
Wednesday 6 November	Canada and USA
Monday 2 December	Cyprus, Eastern Europe, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Turkey and Western Europe

International Tracking and Signature services

Saturday 7 December	Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Romania and Sweden
Monday 9 December	Czech Republic, Malaysia, New Zealand, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey and United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Wednesday 11 December	Austria, Denmark, India, Lithuania, Philippines, Qatar, Slovakia and Slovenia
Friday 13 December	Belgium, Canada, China (People’s Republic), Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, South Korea, Thailand and USA
Monday 16 December	France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan

International Standard (Untracked)

Tuesday 3 December	Africa, Asia, Australia, Caribbean, Central and South America, China (People’s Republic), Far and Middle East and New Zealand
Wednesday 4 December	Cyprus, Malta, Portugal and Spain
Thursday 5 December	Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Eastern Europe (except Czech Republic and Poland), France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland and Turkey
Friday 6 December	Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Poland, Sweden and USA