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Campbell550
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Gibraltar Mail Delays?

Post by Campbell550 »

Hello, I am in the Republic of Ireland and am waiting on mail from Gibraltar. The mail was confirmed to be send from Gibraltar on the 7th and the tracking number states "Sorry, we're currently unable to confirm the status of your item with reference RT080530353GI . Please try again tomorrow."
Should I be worried about this yet or is this type of delay expected at the moment? If so for what reason? Thanks!
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Re: Gibraltar Mail Delays?

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Royal Mail doesn't cover the Republic of Ireland, only Northern Ireland
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Re: Gibraltar Mail Delays?

Post by Snaggletooth »

Royal Mail do not deal with the mail in Gibraltar or ROI, so technically it has nothing to do with us.

I checked the tracking using https://www.track-trace.com/post:
09.04.2021 08:32 Arrival at outward office of exchange GIGIBA
09.04.2021 10:55 Departure from outward office of exchange GIGIBA
11.04.2021 08:46 Departure from outward office of exchange GIGIBA
So it has definitely moved.
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Re: Gibraltar Mail Delays?

Post by Campbell550 »

I was told by the sender that Royal Mail would be the carrier so that's interesting.
I can see that only today RT080530353GI is working on the royal mail tracking system, see attachment.
The info is different to what is shown by https://www.track-trace.com/post: (thanks for sharing this link, very helpful!)
So it definitely looks like it is moving, thank you very much for your responses

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Re: Gibraltar Mail Delays?

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Technically, the Royal Gibraltar Post Office is a department within the Gibraltar Government.

I think you can track on the Royal Mail system because of a historical agreement, and the fact that most of the post from and to Gibraltar is from and to the UK. Indeed it may be that apart from Spain all overseas post may transit through the Royal Mail depot at Heathrow - but that is pure guesswork.
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