Last posting dates for Christmas
Royal Mail have brought forward their latest recommended posting dates for UK and International services (see below) to help manage any impact from further planned strike action by the CWU during the festive season. The CWU plan to call on their members who collect, sort and deliver parcels and letters to take national strike action on Friday 9, Sunday 11, Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 December 2022. The CWU recently announced their intention to strike on 23 and 24 December 2022, but they have not formally notified Royal Mail that strikes will take place on these dates.
New Recommended Posting Dates
UK
Monday 12th December
2nd class including signed for
Friday 16th December
1st class including signed for
Wednesday 21st December
Special Delivery guaranteed
International
Thursday 1st December
Australia and New Zealand
Friday 2nd December
China (People’s Republic)
Monday 5th December
All remaining Caribbean destinations, Africa, Asia (except China, People’s Republic), Central and South America, Far and Middle East
Tuesday 6th December
Cyprus and Malta
Thursday 8th December
Greece, Eastern Europe (except Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia) and Turkey
Friday 9th December
Austria, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Poland, Sweden, USA and Canada
Monday 12th December
Belgium, France, Luxembourg