The last Christmas posting dates are as follows:

International Tracked and Signature Services

Wednesday 6 December
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, Bulgaria, Caribbean, China (People's Republic) Far and Middle East, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Spain

Thursday 7 December
Cyprus and Malta

Friday 8 December
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eastern Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and USA

International Standard (Untracked)

Monday 4 December
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, Caribbean, China (People's Republic), Far and Middle East and New Zealand

Tuesday 5 December
Cyprus, Malta Portugal and Spain

Wednesday 6 December
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Eastern Europe (except Czech Republic and Poland), France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland and Turkey

Thursday 7 December
Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Poland, Sweden and USA

UK Inland Post Office services

Monday 18 December

2nd Class, 2nd Class Signed For

Wednesday 20 December
1st Class, 1st Class Signed For

Thursday 21 December
Special Delivery Guaranteed®

Friday 22 December
Special Delivery Guaranteed® (Guaranteed Saturday delivery for an extra fee)

Royal Mail have advised that some areas are subject to delivery delays due to local issues such as high levels of sick absence, resourcing, or other local factors. The following areas are affected:

• Andover DO (SP9, SP10 and SP11)
• Auchterarder SUDO (PH3 and PH4)
• Crieff DO (PH5, PH6 and PH7)
• New Malden DO (KT3)
• West Kensington DO (W14)
• Wrington SPDO (BS40)

Royal Mail have advised that some areas are likely to be see disruption to deliveries and collections due to Storm Ciaran. The following areas are likely to be affected:

• Dorset (BH, DT, SP and TA)
• East Sussex (BN, RH and TN)
• Essex (CB, CM, CO, E, IG, RM and SS)
• Hampshire (BH, GU, PO, RG, SO and SP)
• Isle of Wight (PO)
• Kent (BR, CT, DA, ME and TN)
• West Sussex (BN, GU, PO and RH)

And parts of South West England and Wales, between 3 am and 1 pm on Thursday, 2 November 2023:

• Cornwall (EX, PL and TR)
• Devon (EX, PL and TQ)
• Pembrokeshire (SA)