| Last recommended posting services |
Service |
| UK |
| Wed 14th December |
Standard Parcels |
| Sat 17th December |
Second Class and Recorded Signed For™ |
| Tue 20th December |
First Class and Recorded Signed For™ |
| Wed 21st December |
Parcelforce 48 |
| Thu 22nd December |
Parcelforce Next Day |
| Special Delivery™ |
| Thu 22nd December |
Special Delivery™ |
| Fri 23rd December |
Special Delivery™ with Saturday Guarantee |
| International Surface Mail |
| Fri 30th September |
Non-European destinations except Middle East, South Africa, Far East, USA and Canada |
| Tue 4th October |
Middle and Far East (except Hong Kong and Singapore) |
| Tue 18th October |
South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, the USA and Canada |
| Tue 8th November |
Eastern Europe, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Malta and Iceland |
| Tue 22nd November |
Western Europe |
| International Airmail |
| Mon 5th December |
South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Far East (including Japan), Australia and New Zealand |
| Fri 9th December |
Eastern Europe, USA and Canada |
| Mon 12th December |
Western Europe |
| British Forces Post Office (BFPO) |
| Fri 2nd December |
Airmail to Operational BFPOs |
| Thu 15th December |
Airmail to Static BFPOs |
| Inland Standard Tariff Mail and Mail Order Return Parcels |
| Wed 14th December |
Standard Parcels |
| Sat 17th December |
Second Class and Recorded Signed For™ |
| Tue 20th December |
First Class and Recorded Signed For™ |
| Thu 22th December |
Special Delivery™ |
| Fri 23rd December |
Special Delivery™ Saturday Guaranteed |
| Royal Mail Tracked® |
| Mon 19th December |
RM Tracked |
| Tue 20th December |
RM Tracked High Volume |
| Wed 21st December |
RM Tracked Next Day |
| PacketPost/Packetsort |
| Sat 17th December |
Second Class |
| Tue 20th December |
First Class |
| Inland Presorted Traffic |
| Thu 15th December |
Mailsort 3 |
| Sat 17th December |
Mailsort 2, Presstream 2, Walksort 2 and Mail Order Return Parcels |
| Tue 20th December |
Mailsort 1, Presstream 1 and Walksort 1 |
