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Christmas posting dates 2017

This page was last updated November 1st, 2017

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The information on this page is provided by  the Royal Mail - you can check their website for the latest information.

If you wish to order from medievalbookshop for delivery by Christmas, don't forget these are posting dates, so you need to allow allow extra time for your order to be processed and for payment to arrive first. Most orders can be posted on the next business day after your payment is received, but if pre-Christmas delivery is important, please use the contact links above to enquire. These dates are posted here for information only: please note that Medievalbookshop no longer offers delivery outside Europe.


Royal Mail service
Last posting dates for delivery within the UK before Christmas

Special Delivery
Friday 22nd December - Saturday guaranteed


Special Delivery
Thursday 21st December - next day guaranteed


First Class
Thursday 21st December


Second Class
Wednesday 20th December


Please note that Royal Mail won't make any mail collections or deliveries, including Special Delivery, on the 25th or 26th December 2017, nor on 1st January 2018.

Any queries? Please ask at your local Post Office or call customer services on 08457 740740. If you're blind or short-sighted, please ask customer services for a free copy of this information in large print, audio tape, audio CD or Braille. If you're deaf or hard of hearing, please use the Royal Mail textphone service on 08456 000 606.



Airmail [now known as International Standard]
Last posting dates for pre-Christmas delivery

Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg
Saturday 16th December


Austria, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland
Friday 18th December


Canada, Finland, Sweden, USA
Thursday 14th December


Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland
Wednesday 13th December


Static BFPO
Monday 11th December


Caribbean, Central and South America
Thursday 7th December


Asia, Cyprus, Far East, Eastern Europe (not Czech Republic, Poland & Slovakia), Malta
Wednesday 6th December


Africa, Middle East
Sunday 2nd December


Operational BFPO
Monday 27th November


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