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Latest dates of posting for Christmas 2010

Christmas Mail General Information

The information below should be used as a guide to anyone sending mail to BFPO addresses worldwide for Christmas 2010.

      1. Try to send your Christmas cards and gifts early to ensure they arrive at their destination in good time for Christmas.

      2. For safety reasons ensure that you do not include any prohibited items in your packages i.e. Aerosols. If your package or parcel contains a prohibited item it will be removed and will have the prohibited item removed before being sent on to the destination address causing a delay to all mail items on that particular day. During the busy Christmas period this can lead to your package missing the latest date of posting for guaranteed delivery and not being received at the destination until after the Christmas period. For more information on prohibited items click here.

      3. Ensure you write the address clearly on the letter or package and that the BFPO number is the last line of the address, this will aid in the address being automatically read first time at the BFPO sorting office. For more information on how to address your mail click here.

      4. BFPO aims to process all Christmas mail within one day of arriving at the BFPO sorting office for onward movement to fixed bases worldwide

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Letter/Packet or Parcel?

To find out whether you item is a letter/packet or a parcel please refer to the 'Send a Letter/Packet' page or 'Send a parcel' page for details of size and weight limits for each category.

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Latest dates of posting letters & packets (Air and surface)

Latest dates of posting within the UK, to UK Addresses, BFPO's worldwide (including Ex & Ops) and worldwide civilian destinations.

 

Destination

Class of mail

Latest date of posting

Within UK

1st Class

21 Dec

2nd Class

17 Dec

BFPOs to UK Addresses

1st Class Airmail

21 Dec
(See Note 1)

UK to static (Non Operational) BFPOs (except 622)

1st Class Airmail

16 Dec

BFPO 622

1st Class Airmail

03 Dec
UK to Operational BFPO's 1st Class Airmail

03 Dec

HM Ships (BFPOs 200 - 490)

1st Class Airmail

03 Dec

BFPO to BFPO (Inter Command)

1st Class Airmail

01 Dec

BFPO to BFPO (Intra Command)

1st Class Airmail

16 Dec

Worldwide Civilian Addresses

Airmail to:

South/Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Far East (except Japan), Asia, New Zealand and Australia

06 Dec

USA, Canada, Japan and Eastern Europe

10 Dec

Western Europe

13 Dec

Surface mail to:

All non European destinations except Canada, Far East, Middle East, South Africa & USA

30 Sep

Far East (except Hong Kong and Singapore and Middle East)

05 Oct

Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa and USA

19 Oct

Eastern Europe, Cyrpus, Greece, Turkey, Malta and Iceland

9 Nov

Western Europe

23 Nov

Note 1: All mails must reach the UK by the recommended dates stated for a pre-Christmas delivery.

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Latest dates of posting parcels

Latest dates of posting from UK to BFPOs worldwide including Ex & Ops.

 

BFPO

Latest date of posting

2 - 14

10 Dec

15 - 49

14 Dec

50

10 Dec

52

09 Dec

53 - 59

26 Nov

63 & 65

10 Dec

105 - 140

14 Dec

150

10 Dec

200 - 490

03 Dec

492 and 494

15 Oct

567

26 Nov

599

10 Dec

622

15 Oct

651

10 Dec

655

15 Oct

677

02 Nov

801 - 825

14 Dec

Please Note that there is NO Parcel service over 2Kg in weight to (or from) the following BFPOs: 632, 639, 643, 684 and all 700s, the maximum weight to these locations is 2Kg and the parcel must be no larger than a standard shoe box size.

Please be aware that any item weighing up to 2Kg is classed as a Packet, and therefore can be sent to Operational BFPOs like Op Herrick and Op Telic. For more information please refer to the Useful Links section below under 'Difference between Packets and Parcels'

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Latest dates of posting for Op TELIC & Op HERRICK

The latest date of posting from UK to Op TELIC & Op HERRICK is 3rd Dec 10.

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BFPOs TO UK ADDRESSES

BFPO world-wide parcels originating from BFPOs for delivery to UK addresses must reach the UK for a pre-Christmas delivery by 09 Dec 10.

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Letters to Santa/Father Christmas

The last posting date to write to Santa/Father Christmas and receive a reply pre-Christmas is Thursday 11th December 2010 , although Royal Mail cannot guarantee to respond to all letters received.

Letters to Santa/Father Christmas should be addressed as follows:

Father Christmas
Santa's Grotto
Reindeer Land
SAN TA1

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Useful Information:

To enable you to determine whether you item is a letter/packet or a parcel please refer to the 'Send a Letter/Packet' page or 'Send a parcel' page.

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Useful Links:

Difference between Packets and Parcels

HM Forces Parcel size and weight limits

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) for Op TELIC & Op HERRICK

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