With Christmas fast approaching Royal Mail have published the last Christmas posting dates on their website. It might seem a long way off but it's worth planning ahead and getting your cards in the post early particularly for overseas destinations. The posting dates are in full below on at the following link. http://www.royalmail.com/greetings
UK
Thursday 13 December
Standard and Mail Order Return Parcels
Tuesday 18 December
Second Class and Recorded Signed ForT
Thursday 20 December
First Class and Recorded Signed ForT
Special DeliveryT
Friday 21 December
Special DeliveryT with Saturday Guaranteed
Saturday 22 December
Special DeliveryT
International Surface Mail
Friday 28 September
Africa, Asia, Australia, Caribbean, Central America, New Zealand and South America
Tuesday 2 October
Far East (except Hong Kong and Singapore), Middle East
Tuesday 16 October
Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa and USA
Tuesday 6 November
Cyprus, Eastern Europe, Greece, Iceland, Malta and Turkey
Tuesday 20 November
Western Europe
International Airmail
Wednesday 5 December
Asia, Australia, Far East (including Japan), New Zealand
Friday 7 December
Africa, Caribbean, Central America, Middle East and South America
Monday 10 December
Canada, Eastern Europe and USA
Wednesday 12 December
Western Europe
British Forces Post Office (BFPO)
Friday 30 November
Airmail to Operational BFPOs
Friday 14 December
Airmail to Static BFPOs