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Christmas, our busiest time of the year, is on its way! If you want mail to reach St Helena and Tristan da Cunha by December 25 you need to be quick, as the last recommended posting date for International Economy items to the islands is this Monday.
This is the first deadline for international posting as the Islands are around 5525 miles away from the UK.
September 29 is the recommended date for customers to ensure that cards and parcels sent to the British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic arrive in good time for Christmas.
St Helena and Tristan da Cunha do not receive all mail by air, so Christmas post is delivered by ship which makes for a longer journey.
The mail for St Helena is carried on BFPO/RAF flights to Ascension Island and then sent by sea to St Helena. It is carried on the passenger, cruise and delivery ship, RMS St Helena. It is one of the last three sailing vessels in the world still to carry the venerable title of Royal Mail ship, held in the past by so many famous British passenger liners.
Christmas post for Tristan De Cunha is sent to South Africa by air and then travels onwards by ship.
Recommended posting dates
Monday 29 September is the latest recommended posting date for International Economy items to Africa, Asia, Australia, Caribbean, Central and South America as well as New Zealand.
David Cunnington, International Operations Director, says: ‘Christmas is the time of year when customers in the UK will want to remember relatives and friends in St Helena and Tristan da Cunha.
‘While so much of the world is connected by air travel now, it is easy to forget there are still areas where the mail is required to travel by ship.
‘The longer journey time for Christmas mail to St Helena and Tristan da Cunha means Monday 29 September is the last recommended posting date for cards and parcels. As always, we urge customers to post early as Royal Mail starts to build up to its busiest time of the year.’
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It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.