Christmas Posting Dates for 2009

At Guernsey Post we can help make Christmas happen for you, by getting your parcels and cards off to friends and family in time for the big day.

Don't forget that our Christmas issue stamps will be on sale soon - Bailiwick reduced rate stamps (31p) are only on sale and available to post from 4- 11 December - so look out for our stunning images of Guernsey churches to brighten up your cards and gifts.

For any of you who haven't yet had chance to shop in our Smith Street branch, why not take advantage of all it has to offer. With revitalised retail lines, including quality gifts, cards and gift wrap, it is your one-stop shop for all your gift buying and postal needs.

Below are our recommended posting dates, whether you are sending a parcel overseas or want the last dates for cards to the UK.

All Standard Post and UK Parcels

Date	Mail Type	Destination
November onwards	International parcels	See below
Thursday 3rd December	International airmail letters	South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Far East, (except Japan), New Zealand and Australia.
Thursday 3rd December	BFPOs	Operational
Friday 4th December	Bailiwick reduced rate Christmas card stamps (31p)	First day to buy and post using reduced rate stamps
Wednesday 9th December	International airmail letters	Japan, USA, Canada and Eastern Europe.
Thursday 10th December	International airmail letters	Western Europe
Friday 11th December	Bailiwick reduced rate Christmas card stamps (31p)	Last day to buy and post using reduced rate stamps
Monday 14th December	BFPOs	Static
Thursday 17th December	Parcels to the UK	UK
Saturday 19th December	Standard airmail	UK
Saturday 19th December	Special Delivery items requiring customs clearance (VAT not pre-paid)	UK
Monday 21st December	FedEx	International
Tuesday 22nd December	Special Delivery items not requiring customs clearance (VAT pre-paid)	UK
Tuesday 22nd December	Bailiwick and Jersey mail	Channel Islands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overseas Parcels

Country	International Standard
Afghanistan	**
Albania	25-Nov-09
Algeria	25-Nov-09
Andorra	04-Dec-09
Angola	25-Nov-09
Anguilla	25-Nov-09
Antigua & Barbuda	25-Nov-09
Argentina	25-Nov-09
Armenia	20-Nov-09
Aruba	04-Dec-09
Ascension Island	n/a
Australia	25-Nov-09
Austria	25-Nov-09
Azerbaijan	20-Nov-09
Azores	25-Nov-09
Bahamas	25-Nov-09
Bahrain	04-Dec-09
Balearic Islands	04-Dec-09
Bangladesh	25-Nov-09
Barbados	04-Dec-09
Belarus	25-Nov-09
Belgium	04-Dec-09
Belize	25-Nov-09
Benin	25-Nov-09
Bermuda	04-Nov-09
Bhutan	20-Nov-09
Bolivia	20-Nov-09
Bosnia-Herzegovina	25-Nov-09
Botswana	25-Nov-09
Brazil	25-Nov-09
Brunei Darussalam	25-Nov-09
Bulgaria	25-Nov-09
Burkina Faso	20-Nov-09
Burundi	25-Nov-09
Cambodia	25-Nov-09
Cameroon	25-Nov-09
Canada	04-Dec-09
Canary Islands	04-Dec-09
Cape Verde	04-Dec-09
Cayman Islands	04-Dec-09
Central African Republic	25-Nov-09
Chad	25-Nov-09
Chile	25-Nov-09
China (People's Republic of)	25-Nov-09
Christmas Island	25-Nov-09
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	25-Nov-09
Colombia	25-Nov-09
Comoros	20-Nov-09
Congo (Democratic Republic of)	25-Nov-09
Congo (People's Republic of)	**
Corsica	04-Dec-09
Costa Rica	04-Dec-09
Croatia	25-Nov-09
Cuba	25-Nov-09
Cuba (Guantanamo Bay)	n/a
Cyprus	04-Dec-09
Czech Republic	04-Dec-09
Denmark	04-Dec-09
Djibouti	25-Nov-09
Dominica	25-Nov-09
Dominican Republic	25-Nov-09
East Timor	25-Nov-09
Ecuador	25-Nov-09
Egypt	25-Nov-09
El Salvador	25-Nov-09
Equatorial Guinea	25-Nov-09
Eritrea	25-Nov-09
Estonia	04-Dec-09
Ethiopia	20-Nov-09
Falkland Islands	25-Nov-09
Faroe Islands	25-Nov-09
Fiji	25-Nov-09
Finland	04-Dec-09
France	04-Dec-09
French Guiana	04-Dec-09
French Polynesia	25-Nov-09
Gabon	25-Nov-09
Gambia	25-Nov-09
Gaza & Khan Yunis	25-Nov-09
Georgia	20-Nov-09
Germany	04-Dec-09
Ghana	25-Nov-09
Gibraltar	04-Dec-09
Greece	04-Dec-09
Greenland	04-Dec-09
Grenada	04-Dec-09
Guadeloupe	25-Nov-09
Guam	25-Nov-09
Guatemala	25-Nov-09
Guernsey	04-Dec-09
Guinea	25-Nov-09
Guinea-Bissau	**
Guyana	20-Nov-09
Haiti	25-Nov-09
Honduras	25-Nov-09
Hong Kong	04-Dec-09
Hungary	04-Dec-09
Iceland	04-Dec-09
India	25-Nov-09
Indonesia	25-Nov-09
Iran	25-Nov-09
Iraq	**
Ireland	04-Dec-09
Israel	25-Nov-09
Italy	04-Dec-09
Ivory Coast	25-Nov-09
Jamaica	04-Dec-09
Japan	25-Nov-09
Jersey	04-Dec-09
Jordan	25-Nov-09
Kazakhstan	20-Nov-09
Kenya	25-Nov-09
Kirghizstan	20-Nov-09
Kiribati	25-Nov-09
Korea (Republic of, South)	25-Nov-09
Kosovo	25-Nov-09
Kuwait	04-Dec-09
Laos	25-Nov-09
Latvia	04-Dec-09
Lebanon	04-Dec-09
Lesotho	04-Dec-09
Liberia	**
Libya	25-Nov-09
Liechtenstein	04-Dec-09
Lithuania	04-Dec-09
Luxembourg	04-Dec-09
Macao	04-Dec-09
Macedonia	25-Nov-09
Madagascar	25-Nov-09
Madeira	04-Dec-09
Malawi	25-Nov-09
Malaysia	25-Nov-09
Maldives	25-Nov-09
Mali	25-Nov-09
Malta	04-Dec-09
Marshall Islands	25-Nov-09
Martinque	04-Dec-09
Mauritania	04-Dec-09
Mauritius	25-Nov-09
Mexico	25-Nov-09
Micronesia (Fed. States of)	25-Nov-09
Moldova	20-Nov-09
Monaco	04-Dec-09
Mongolia	20-Nov-09
Montenegro	25-Nov-09
Montserrat	25-Nov-09
Morocco	25-Nov-09
Mozambique	04-Dec-09
Myanmar	04-Dec-09
Namibia	25-Nov-09
Nauru	20-Nov-09
Nepal	25-Nov-09
Netherlands	04-Dec-09
Netherlands Antilles	25-Nov-09
New Caledonia	25-Nov-09
New Zealand	25-Nov-09
New Zealand Island Territories	25-Nov-09
Nicaragua	04-Dec-09
Niger	20-Nov-09
Nigeria	25-Nov-09
Norfolk Island	20-Nov-09
Northern Mariana Islands	25-Nov-09
Norway	04-Dec-09
Oman	25-Nov-09
Pakistan	25-Nov-09
Panama	25-Nov-09
Papua New Guinea	25-Nov-09
Paraguay	25-Nov-09
Peru	25-Nov-09
Philippines	25-Nov-09
Pitcairn Islands	20-Nov-09
Poland	04-Nov-09
Portugal	04-Nov-09
Puerto Rico	25-Nov-09
Qatar	25-Nov-09
Reunion	25-Nov-09
Romania	04-Dec-09
Russia	20-Nov-09
Rwanda	20-Nov-09
Samoa (American)	25-Nov-09
San Marino	04-Dec-09
Sao Tome & Principe	25-Nov-09
Sardinia	04-Dec-09
Saudi Arabia	25-Nov-09
Senegal	25-Nov-09
Serbia	25-Nov-09
Seychelles	25-Nov-09
Sicily	04-Dec-09
Sierra Leone	25-Nov-09
Singapore	04-Dec-09
Slovakia	04-Dec-09
Slovenia	25-Nov-09
Solomon Islands	25-Nov-09
Somalia	**
Somoa (formerly Western)	25-Nov-09
South Africa	25-Nov-09
Spain	04-Dec-09
Spanish Territories of North Africa	24-Nov-09
Spitzbergen	20-Nov-09
Sri Lanka	25-Nov-09
St Christopher (St Kitts) & Nevis	25-Nov-09
St Helena	n/a
St Lucia	04-Dec-09
St Pierre and Miquelon	25-Nov-09
St Vincent & Grenadines	25-Nov-09
Sudan	25-Nov-09
Suriname	04-Dec-09
Swaziland	25-Nov-09
Sweden	04-Dec-09
Switzerland	04-Dec-09
Syria	25-Nov-09
Taiwan	25-Nov-09
Tajikistan	20-Nov-09
Tanzania	25-Nov-09
Thailand	25-Nov-09
Togo	25-Nov-09
Tonga	25-Nov-09
Trinidad & Tobago	04-Dec-09
Tristan Da Cunha	06-Nov-09
Tunisia	25-Nov-09
Turkey	04-Dec-09
Turkmenistan	20-Nov-09
Turks & Caicos Islands	25-Nov-09
Tuvalu	25-Nov-09
Uganda	25-Nov-09
Ukraine	20-Nov-09
United Arab Emirates	04-Dec-09
United States of America	04-Dec-09
Uruguay	25-Nov-09
Uzbekistan	20-Nov-09
Vanuatu	20-Nov-09
Vatican City State	04-Dec-09
Venezuela	25-Nov-09
Vietnam	25-Nov-09
Virgin Islands (British)	25-Nov-09
Virgin Islands (USA)	25-Nov-09
Wake Island	25-Nov-09
Wallis and Futuna Islands	20-Nov-09
Yemen	25-Nov-09
Zambia	25-Nov-09
Zimbabwe	25-Nov-09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The 2009 send by dates are as a guide only.  They indicate the date by which parcels should be sent for delivery prior to Christmas and allow sufficient time for parcels to reach the UK to connect with international shipments.                        
• ** There is no service currently available to these destinations.