Postal Rates for Santa's Letters 2008
The following postal rates apply for 2008.
All Santa Letters addressed to UK addresses including
Northern Ireland,
Channel Islands, and all Scottish Islands
are posted FREE OF CHARGE. Postage is by second
class post until 1 December 2008 when it changes to First
Class post.
All Santa Letters going to addresses outside
the UK are charged at the Royal Mail air mail rates.
With effect
from 2 April 2007, these are as follows:
| No of Letters |
Europe |
Rest of World |
| One |
£1.10 |
£1.46 |
| Two |
£1.45 |
£2.07 |
| Three |
£1.91 |
£2.86 |
| Four |
£2.29 |
£3.62 |
| Five and Over |
£2.69 |
£4.38 |
The following are the last dates we can accept
orders for letters from Santa to ensure that they arrive
before Christmas.
| Countries |
Royal Mail last date
for posting 1st Class & Air Mail letters for Christmas |
Last Date that orders
can be received |
| UK |
Saturday 20 December 2008 |
Thursday 18 December 2008 |
| Western Europe |
Friday 12 December 2008 |
Wednesday 10 December
2008 |
| Japan and Eastern Europe |
Wednesday 10 December
2008 |
Monday 8 December 2008 |
| South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle
East, Asia, Far East (except Japan), Australia and New
Zealand |
Friday 5 December 2008 |
Wednesday 3 December 2008 |
Although the Royal Mail symbols still appear on the envelope
we leave it to parents to tell children that all letters
from Santa start at the North Pole where they are sent out
to all the countries in the world. From there the
local carrier i.e. the Royal Mail delivers the letters to
the child's address. |
