UK Last Posting Dates 2025
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Have you got Christmas cards or gifts to send to your loved ones abroad? Are you planning to send cards, letters or parcels overseas. here is how you can make sure that your international mail gets to it's destination this festive season.
Don't miss the post!
Here are the suggested last posting dates for Christmas 2025 so that you can make sure that all your letters, cards and presents get to their destination in time for Christmas.
Last Posting Dates for the United Kingdom 2025
2nd Class / Royal Mail 48® Wednesday 17th December
1st Class / Royal Mail 24® Thursday 18th December
Special Delivery Guaranteed Saturday 20th December
International Tracking and Signature Services
Wednesday 10th December Africa, Central and South America, Asia, Australia, Bulgaria, Caribbean, China (People’s Republic), Far and Middle East, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain
Thursday 11th December Cyprus and Malta
Friday 12th December Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eastern Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, USA
International Standard (Untracked)
Thursday 4th December Africa, Central and South America, Asia, Australia, Caribbean, China (People’s Republic), Far and Middle East, New Zealand
Friday 5th December Cyprus and Malta
Saturday 6th December Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Eastern Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Poland, Sweden, USA
Last Posting Dates for Royal Mail International Economy
(Formerly Surface Mail)
1st October All non-European destinations (except South Africa, Canada, Middle and Far East, USA)
12th October Middle and Far East, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa
30th October Canada and USA
23rd November Cyprus, Eastern Europe, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Turkey
28th November Western Europe
Last Posting Dates for International HM Forces Mail (BFPO)
Wednesday 26th November: Airmail to Operational HM Forces
Wednesday 3rd December: Airmail to Static HM Forces
Keep the magic of Christmas alive for kids (and adults!). Here is where you can send a Letter To Santa this Christmas in the UK and get a reply, thanks to Royal Mail.