Royal Mail recommends sending your international mail before the following dates for delivery before Christmas:

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

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

Royal Mail has advised that not all mail was processed to schedule yesterday at its London Central and Bristol Mail Processing Centres. Customers should expect delays in the following areas:

• London Central Mail Centre: Some mail posted on Friday in the EC, N, W1 and WC postcode areas, for delivery across other parts of the UK.
• Bristol Mail Centre: Some mail posted on Saturday in the BA, BS, GL and TA postcode areas, for delivery across other parts of the UK.

Royal Mail has advised that not all mail was processed to schedule yesterday at its Plymouth and Swansea Mail Processing Centres. Customers should expect delays in the following areas:

• Plymouth: Some mail posted in other parts of the UK, due for delivery today in the PL postcode area.

• Swansea: Some mail posted in the SA postcode area, due for delivery today in other parts of the UK.

Delivery delays have also been reported in the following postcode areas:

• Burnham On Sea DO (TA8 and TA9)

• Canterbury DO (CT1, CT2, CT3, CT4, CT5 and CT6)

• Heathfield DO (TN21)

• Ulverston DO (LA12)

Royal Mail has advised that several of its Mail Processing Centres did not process all mail to schedule yesterday. The following areas are currently subject to delays:

• Cardiff: Some mail posted in the CF, LD and NP postcode areas, due for delivery today in other parts of the UK.
• Carlisle: Some mail posted in the CA and DG postcode areas, due for delivery today in other parts of the UK.

• Dorset: Some mail posted in the BH and DT postcode areas, due for delivery today in other parts of the UK.

• South Midlands: Some mail posted in the CV, LE, MK and NN postcode areas, due for delivery today in other parts of the UK.

Customer should also expect delays in the following areas due to local issues such as high levels of sick absence, resourcing, or other local factors:

• Carterton DO (OX18)

• Heathfield DO (TN21)

• Inverness DO (IV1, IV2, IV3, IV5, IV10 and IV13)

• Oxford East DO (OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44 and OX49)

• Ulverston DO (LA12)

Unfortunately we will removing Conqueror paper from the website once we have used our current stock as we are having problems processing it through our folder/inserter machines. We will continue to offer 100gsm paper which provides a thicker paper type than the standard 80gsm.

Royal Mail has advised that not all mail was processed to schedule yesterday at its Home Counties North Mail Centre. Customer should expect delays in the following postcode areas:

• Home Counties North: Some mail posted yesterday in the AL, EN, HP, LU, SG and WD postcode areas, due for delivery today in other parts of the UK.

The following areas are currently experiencing delivery delays due to local issues such as high levels of sick absence, resourcing, or other local factors:

• Hendon DO (NW4)
• Oxford East DO (OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44 and OX49)
• Wallingford  (OX10 and OX49)
• Westhill DO (AB13, AB14 and AB32)

Royal Mail has advised that not all mail was processed to schedule yesterday at its Bristol and Medway Mail Processing Centres. Customers should expect delays to mail in the following areas:

• Bristol: Some mail posted yesterday in the BA, BS, GL and TA postcode areas, due for delivery today in other parts of the UK.
• Medway: Some mail posted yesterday in the CT, DA, ME and TN postcode areas, due for delivery today in other parts of the UK.

Customer should be aware that all of our outgoing mail passes through the Medway Mail Processing Centre so is likely to be subject to delays.

Royal Mail has advised that not all mail was processed to schedule in Bristol over the weekend. This is likely to cause delays in the following areas:

• Bristol: Some mail posted in the BA, BS, GL and TA postcode areas, due for delivery in other parts of the UK.

Royal Mail has advised that the following areas are currently seeing delays to deliveries due to local issues such as high levels of sick absence, resourcing, or other local factors. Customers should expect delays in theses areas:

• Hendon DO (NW4)
• Oxford East DO (OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44 and OX49)
• Sittingbourne DO (ME9 and ME10)