Advised Christmas postage dates
Advised dates from Royal Mail for Christmas delivery
| UK |
Royal Mail First Class - Thursday 15 December Royal Mail Special Delivery - Tuesday 20 December |
| British Virgin Islands, Dominica & Anguilla |
Friday 7 October |
| Australia and New Zealand |
Thursday 1 December |
| China |
Friday 2 December |
| Africa, Asia (except China, People’s Republic) Central and South America, Far and Middle East |
Monday 5 December |
| Cyprus and Malta |
Tuesday 6 December |
| Greece, Eastern Europe (except Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia) and Turkey |
Thursday 8 December |
| Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Poland, Sweden, USA and Canada |
Friday 9 December |
| Austria, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland |
Saturday 10 December |
| Belgium, France, Luxembourg |
Friday 9 December |