Please see the chart below advising of last dates to send items of mail in order to reach its destination before Christmas. You will notice the international mail is for the express services, the general international mail has no guarantee for mail posted before Christmas. As an alternative the Post Room can also offer courier services provided by DHL or UPS, please check with the post room, well in advance, of the courier advised destination transit period. For more information on post related issues contact Mark Westbrook, Post Room Supervisor on ext. 22368 or refer to the Post & Portering web pages ?http://www.southampton.ac.uk/estates/services/postportering/ ?for more specific Royal Mail product information refer to http://www.royalmail.com/

UK and International last posting dates

Product??????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? last posting dates

2^nd class??????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????? ????????? 18^th December

Packet post 2^nd class??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 18th December

Royal Mail tracked????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????? 19^th December

1^st class?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 20^th December

Packet post 1^st class???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????? 20^th December

Royal Mail tracked next day?????????????????????????????????????????????? 21^st December

Special delivery???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 22^nd December

Airsure and International signed for

Asia, Far East (inc Japan), Australia, New Zealand??????????????? 5^th December

South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East????? 7^th December

Eastern Europe, USA and Canada????????????????????????????? ????????? 10^th December

Western Europe????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????? 12^th December