Postal Rates for Santa Letters 2011
All Santa Letters addressed to UK addresses including
Northern Ireland,
Channel Islands, and all Scottish Islands
are posted FREE OF CHARGE. Postage is by Royal Mail second
class post up to and including
Thursday 1 December 2011 and
thereafter it changes to First
Class post.
UK POSTAGE The following are the
Royal Mail's last posting dates for Christmas 2011 together with
latest dates we can accept order for letters from Santa.
We use Royal Mail to keep our costs down and to give the
impression that the letter has come from the North Pole.
Consequently, we cannot guarantee
delivery of Santa Letters before Christmas. Please note - we do not
ship to the USA or Canada
| Countries |
Royal Mail last date
for posting 1st Class & Air Mail letters for Christmas |
Last Date that orders
can be received |
| UK |
Tue 20 Dec 11 |
Mon 19 Dec 11 |
| Western Europe |
Mon 12 Dec 11 |
Sat 10 Dec 11 |
| Eastern Europe |
Fri 9 Dec 11 |
Thu 8 Dec 11 |
| South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle
East, Asia, Far East (incl Japan), Australia and New
Zealand (Please note - we do not
ship to the USA or Canada) |
Mon 5 Dec 11 |
Sat 3 Dec 11 |
OVERSEAS POSTAGE
All Santa Letters despatched to addresses outside
the UK are charged at the Royal Mail air mail rates.
With effect
from 4 April 2011, these are as follows:
| No of Letters |
Europe |
Rest of World |
| One |
£1.49 |
£2.07 |
| Two |
£2.19 |
£3.50 |
| Three |
£2.61 |
£4.26 |
| Four and more |
£3.95 |
£6.54 |
For all other items postage rates are as follows:
Postage is based on the RRP price of the total order and the
below charges are based on UK delivery. We do not despatch
orders outside the UK (apart from the Santa Letter shown
above)
Although we endeavour to despatch all orders by the below
lead times these may be affected due to circumstances beyond
our reasonable control.
Standard
Postage
Orders under £7.99 RRP:
will have a postage charge of £1.95 and will be sent royal
mail 1st class post
Orders between £8.00 RRP and £14.99: will
have a postage charge of £2.95 and will be sent royal
mail 1st class post
Orders between £15.00 RRP and £39.98: will
have a postage charge of £3.95 and will be sent royal
mail 1st class post
Orders over £39.99 RRP:
will be charged at £5.95
Lead Times
Engraved, Printed, Embroidered
–
will be despatched between 1-3 days*
Ceramic, Candles & Printed Glass –
will be despatched between 3-5 days*
Next Day
Postage
Standard postage
plus £5.00
for all orders
Lead Time
Engraved, Chocolate, Teddies, Cards, Dye-Sub
Mugs, Embroidered*
– if ordered before 1pm item will be dispatched the
same day, if order is placed after 1pm item will be
despatched the next day.
Printed Items* – are not available for next
day delivery but will be marked as express delivery
(despatched between 1-2 days and delivered the next day via
courier).
Ceramic, Candles & Printed Glass *– are not
available for next day delivery but will be marked as
express delivery (despatched between 3-5 days and delivered
the next day via courier).
* Please Note - orders that contain more than 3 items with
different processes cannot be guaranteed Next Day or Express
delivery.
* Deliveries
to Northern Areas of Scotland are despatched via a two day
service.
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Last Posting Dates
