Last posting dates for Christmas

Christmas is well underway at Royal Mail, and the busy postmen and women are already dealing with online shopping parcels and cards and letters.
By The Newsroom
Published 6th Dec 2014, 13:10 BST
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Christmas is just round the corner

Royal Mail’s Northern Ireland Operations Director, Michael Kennedy, has provided some useful tips to ensure you are ready for Christmas.

*Order Early, Post Early and Use the postcode.

Ordering early means that you have time to return Christmas presents if they are not quite right and order new ones. Posting early for Christmas will enable people to enjoy their Christmas cards for longer and helps Royal Mail spread the workload at its busiest time. Royal Mail’s postcode finder can help you locate address details for long lost cousins. Using the postcode helps Royal Mail sort the cards and letters by machine rather than by hand.

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*Don’t forget latest recommended posting dates (see www.royalmail.com/Christmas2014 for full details)

18th December – Second class

20th December – First Class

23rd December – Special Delivery Guaranteed

International last posting dates:

12th December - USA

13th December - Western Europe (excluding Greece, Poland)

*Stay local

Amazon is offering its online customers access to Royal Mail’s Local Collect ‘click and collect’ network. Online shoppers can now choose to get their parcels delivered to over 10,500 Post Office branches throughout the UK.

*Make use of more flexible collection

Don’t forget that Royal Mail delivery offices all over the UK are open longer throughout December and many are open on Sundays in December. Details will be on the “Something for you Card” you receive if you are not at home when we try to deliver an item that requires a signature or is too large to go through the letterbox.

*All wrapped up

When sending fragile items, make sure you pack them carefully, providing adequate protection for your important items and always include a return address on your parcel.

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