UK Last Posting Dates 2017
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Got Christmas cards or gifts to send to your loved ones abroad? Don't miss the post!
The design of the 2017 Christmas stamps were revealed on 11th July 2017.
The designs, ‘Santa Claus on his sleigh on a starry night’ by Ted Lewis-Clark, aged 10, and a pupil at Oakfield Academy in Frome, Somerset, and ‘Snow family’ by 9-year old Arwen Wilson, who goes to St Chad's Catholic Primary School in Dudley, West Midlands, were chosen from more than 200,000 entries.
They will be on sale from 7th November 2017.
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Last Posting Dates 2017
United Kingdom
Special Delivery Thursday 21 December
1st Class Thursday 21 December
2nd Class Wednesday 20 December
Friday 22 December: Special Delivery Saturday Guaranteed
Europe
Cyprus, Eastern Europe Wednesday 06 December
Greece Saturday 9th December
Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland Wednesday 13th December
Finland, Sweden Thursday 14th December
Austria, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland Friday 15th December
Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg Saturday 16th December
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Air Mail
Africa and Middle East Saturday 02 December
Asia and Far East Wednesday 06 December
Caribbean, Central and South America Thursday 07 December
Australia, New Zealand Saturday 09 December
USA and Canada Thursday 14 December
Surface Mail
Wednesday 27 September: All non-European destinations except Middle East, South Africa, Far East, the USA, Canada
Thursday 28 September: Middle and Far East (except Hong Kong and Singapore)
Thursday 12 October: South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, the USA and Canada
Thursday 02 November: Eastern Europe, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Malta and Iceland
Thursday 16 November: Western Europe
British Forces Post Office (BFPO)
Monday 27 November: Airmail to Operational BFPOs
Monday 11 December: Airmail to Static BFPOs
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