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Royal Mail have confirmed the final dates for posting.

Royal Mail Christmas posting dates 2023 confirmed

A Royal Mail employee empties a post box in Southwark. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Town council to speak with Royal Mail to discuss ongoing postal delivery issues

Royal Mail has been planning to phase out classic stamps for years

Clock ticking for non-barcoded stamps as deadline looms

Library image of Royal Mail vans, as its parent company calls for the Government and regulators to change its service obligation. (Photo Rui Vieira/PA Wire)

Royal Mail issues warning to customers ahead of upcoming deadline

Andrew Selous MP helping out on the rounds in Leighton Buzzard

MP goes to Parliament over 'utter failings' by Royal Mail in Leighton Buzzard

Royal Mail have teamed up with Phramacy2U to offer prescription deliveries

Royal Mail team up with Phramacy2U to offer prescription deliveries

People have less than two months to use their regular non-barcoded stamps - notably the regular first and second-class stamps featuring the profile of the late Queen - before they are rendered completely invalid. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Royal Mail issues warning on non-barcoded stamps

Royal Mail warns that further strikes by workers could impact jobs.

Royal Mail to be investigated over failed delivery targets

The Royal Mail has been hacked. Credit: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images

Royal Mail announces major new change to parcel deliveries

Royal Mail stamp charges are rising from April 2023 (image: Adobe)

Is Royal Mail delivering post on coronation day and bank holiday

Coronation stamps released in honour of King Charles and Queen Camilla

Newly released Royal Mail Coronation stamps feature causes supported by King Charles like cultural diversity, sustainability and the Commonwealth.

A Royal Mail van (Photo by Graeme Robertson/Getty Images)

Royal Mail and Communication Workers Union reach provisional agreement

(Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Royal Mail and Communication Workers Union reach agreement

A Royal Mail van (Photo by Graeme Robertson/Getty Images)

Distress for disabled pensioner as Royal Mail fails to deliver

There has been a mystery Amazon 'brushing' scam. Picture: RONNY HARTMANN/AFP via Getty Images

Parcel delivery details over Easter - Royal Mail, Evri, DHL, DPD

Royal Mail warns that further strikes by workers could impact jobs.

Do Royal Mail deliver over Easter holidays and are Post Offices open?

King Charles stamps

New Royal Mail stamps featuring King Charles go on sale

The Royal Mail has issued a warning as some areas could experience delays due to staff shortages and resourcing issues.

Royal Mail warning as staff shortages cause delays across UK

A first-class stamp will now cost £1.10 from 95p and a second-class stamp will increase from 68p to 75p.(Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Royal Mail first-class and second-class stamps to cost more in April

Royal Mail has issued a warning as the severe weather conditions have caused delays in some areas

Royal Mail warning as bad weather causes delays

The Royal Mail said the flower collection stamps which feature the silhouette of uncrowned King Charles III are available for pre-order from Tuesday (March 14).

Flower collection stamps with King Charles’ silhouette released

Special Stamps to mark the centenary of the Flying Scotsman -

Final set of stamps showing late Queen’s head issued by Royal Mail

A letter (not pictured) posted in 1916 have reached its london destination more than 100 years later.

Letter posted in 1916 reaches London destination over 100 years later

The Royal College of Nursing have announced their biggest strikes to date.

Rail workers, postal workers and nurses all announce new strike dates

New Look shoppers now have to pay a fee to send back items via post

New Look introduces £1.99 fee to return clothes by post

The new stamp design featuring King Charles

Royal Mail reveal King Charles’ first postal stamp as monarch

The CWU have called off two strike dates planned in Ferbuary after a legal challenge from Royal Mail.

Postal workers call off strikes after legal challenge from Royal Mail

Credit: Sky News

Royal Mail boss received £140k bonus as union prepare for more strikes

Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson was grilled by MPs over an annual salary of £540,000 and £140,000 bonus cheque.

Royal Mail unable to send letters and parcels overseas after ‘cyber incident’

Royal Mail unable to send post overseas after ‘cyber incident’

One of the Iron Maiden stamps that are coming into circulation (Photo: Royal Mail)

Heavy Metal icons Iron Maiden to be immortalised on stamps

The online scams to be aware of this Christmas

List of all the strikes taking place in the lead up to Christmas 2022

Customers weigh packages at the post office.

What to do if your parcel hasn’t arrived in time for Christmas

Royal Mail threat to increase first class stamps price to more than £1

Evri admits its driver delivered to the wrong address.

Evri customers grapple with delays and lost parcels in Christmas rush

The deadline to guarantee Christmas delivery is closing in

Christmas 2022: final delivery dates for parcels including Royal Mail

Letter and parcels pile up outside the Royal Mail centre in Bristol. Due to the postal strike along with the busy festive period lots of cages are seen outside the mail centre. Many of these parcels have been left outside for at least 17 hours.

Latest wave of Royal Mail strikes begin - how is post affected?

Strikers have been outside the Post Office in Leighton Buzzard (Photo credit PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Postal strikes hit services in Leighton Buzzard this week

Amazon last posting dates for Christmas 2022 confirmed including Prime

Biggest Christmas shopping days of the year to be hit with heavy snow

Last minute Christmas gifts you can buy now which will arrive before Christmas Day

Last minute Christmas presents: gifts which will arrive by the big day

Royal Mail confirms new Christmas last posting dates due to strikes

Several UK parcel firms are underperforming in the UK, including Amazon.

Evri named UK’s worst delivery service in Citizens Advice league table

Santa will be expecting your letters very soon!

How to send your letter to Santa Claus in time for Christmas

The new set of postal strikes will encompass December 23 and 24.

Royal Mail new strike days December 2022

Royal Mail workers will go on strike on several dates in December - including the two days before Christmas, potentially causing turmoil for shoppers.

Royal Mail workers have taken part in strike action throughout several months in 2022

CWU members to meet online following ‘unacceptable’ pay offer

There are 100 days left use every day stamps

When do stamps without barcodes expire?

The ongoing Royal Mail strikes will see postal service disruptions on days like Black Friday and Cyber Monday as well as early December impacting early Christmas shopping.

Christmas strikes threat after Royal Mail announce job cuts

Royal Mail has announced they are cutting 6,000 jobs through redundancy by August 2023.

Royal Mail redundancies 2022: Postal service to axe 6,000 jobs

Royal Mail pickets at the Cardiff Road entrance in Luton this morning (September 30). Photo: Tony Margiocchi

Postal workers in Luton, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard go on strike

A general view of a Royal Mail postbox

Royal Mail to strike in run up to Christmas

All the places and companies closed for funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

Things that must now change following death of Queen Elizabeth II

Thousands of postal workers to strike over pay dispute

Royal Mail warns that 'old style' stamps will soon become unusable