Prices 2024

We update our prices at key points in the year. For announced upcoming price changes see the relevant section below.

To see current prices please visit royalmail.com/current-postage-prices

Price changes from 5 December 2024

 
Price changes to our Online products and services include the following:
 
Domestic products and services:

  • Royal Mail Tracked (Non-Account)

 
Please refer to our price guides and rate cards for all price changes.

If you are a personal customer, or sell regularly on marketplaces, you can continue to use two ways of paying for your parcels and letters postage from 5 December 2024.

1. Prices for parcels and letters with postage paid through Royal Mail Click & Drop®, and online channels such as eBay, Amazon, Etsy, Shpock and PayPal, can be found in the Royal Mail Online Price guide. You can view or download a copy of this guide to our online UK and International parcel and letter services including Standard, Tracked & Signed, Signed and Guaranteed delivery. These prices are effective from 5 December 2024.

Our Online Pricespdf, 2.7 MB - valid from 5 December 2024

2. Prices for stamped parcels and letters, and those paid over the counter at a Post Office branch are found in the Our Prices guide. You can view or download a copy of this guide to our UK and International parcel and letter services, including Parcelforce Worldwide. Alternatively, you can pick up a copy from your local Post Office branch.

Our Pricespdf, 2.74 MB – valid from 7 October 2024

Door to Door price changes from 28 October 2024

 
Our existing prices for Door to Door will be changing and will come into effect for distributions taking place on or after Monday 28 October 2024.

To maintain our delivery network, our rate card prices will increase by 5% (on average). Our Late Booking will be priced at £35.00 per 1,000 items for contracts weighing up to and including 20g and £37.00 per 1,000 items for contracts weighing up to and including 35g.

Our new prices will take effect for bookings received after 5pm on Tuesday 1 October 2024 (by phone, email or via the Drop a Leaflet platform), or after 5pm on Friday 4 October 2024 for bookings made via the Door to Door Online Booking System.

You can obtain more information on our new prices by downloading the PDF of the latest October 2024 Door to Door Rate Cardpdf, 2.16 MB.

Price changes from 7 October 2024

 
Price changes to our Online and Post Office products and services include the following:
 
Domestic products and services:

  • 1st Class Letters and Large Letters 
  • Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed® 
  • 1st Class Royal Mail Signed For® Letters and Large Letters
  • 1st and 2nd Class Parcels 
  • Royal Mail Signed For® Parcels 
  • Royal Mail Tracked (Non-Account)

 
International products and services:

  • International Standard Letters
  • International Economy Letters

Please refer to our price guides and rate cards for all price changes.

If you are a personal customer, or sell regularly on marketplaces, you can continue to use two ways of paying for your parcels and letters postage from 7 October 2024.

1. Prices for parcels and letters with postage paid through Royal Mail Click & Drop®, and online channels such as eBay, Amazon, Etsy, Shpock and PayPal, can be found in the Royal Mail Online Price guide. You can view or download a copy of this guide to our online UK and International parcel and letter services including Standard, Tracked & Signed, Signed and Guaranteed delivery. These prices are effective from 7 October 2024.

Our Online Pricespdf, 2.36 MB - valid from 7 October 2024

2. Prices for stamped parcels and letters, and those paid over the counter at a Post Office branch are found in the Our Prices guide. You can view or download a copy of this guide to our UK and International parcel and letter services, including Parcelforce Worldwide. Alternatively, you can pick up a copy from your local Post Office branch.

Our Pricespdf, 2.74 MB – valid from 7 October 2024
UK stamp prices wallchartpdf, 2.36 MB - valid from 7 October 2024
International Services wallchartpdf, 3.45 MB - valid from 7 October 2024

 
The Peak Surcharge will be effective from 18 November 2024 until 10 January 2025 (inclusive). Please note that this year the surcharge will be introduced to some International products, as well as applying to Domestic parcel products.

For further details of the Peak Surcharge this year, please visit royalmail.com/surcharges

The products covered by the Peak Surcharge are:

  • Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed® by 9am, 1pm and Next Day

  • Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed® Returns
  • Royal Mail 24® and Royal Mail 48® barcoded Large Letters and Parcels
  • Royal Mail 24® and Royal Mail 48® basic barcoded Large Letters and Parcels 
  • Royal Mail Tracked 24 and 48
  • Royal Mail Tracked Returns
  • International Tracked (Non-Personal Correspondence)
  • International Tracked & Signed (Non-Personal Correspondence)
  • International Signed (Non-Personal Correspondence)
  • International Untracked (Non-Personal Correspondence)

For the details of these new charges, please visit royalmail.com/surcharges

 
Our Special Delivery Guaranteed Pre-Paid Envelope prices are changing.

Download your price guide here:
Business Price Guidepdf, 2.73 MB - valid from 7 October 2024

 
Our Portugal PDDP prices will be changing to reflect recent customs cost changes.

Download your rate card here:
International Business Parcels rate cardpdf, 2.42 MB - valid from 7 October 2024

Price changes from 1 July 2024

 
Price changes for the following Retail Letter Contract products from 1 July 2024

  • Royal Mail Advertising Mail 
  • Royal Mail Business Mail
  • Royal Mail Publishing Mail
  • Response Services 
  • Partially Addressed Mail
  • Poll Card Mailing Option 
  • Adjustment Charges

Please refer to the Retail Letters Price Guide for the full list of prices.
 

Download your price guide here:

•    Retail Letters Price Guidepdf, 469.58 KB – valid from 1 July 2024

 
Prices changes for our VAT exempt Domestic On Account items

  • Royal Mail 1st and 2nd Class Account Mail (Letters and Large Letters)
    (SAP codes: BPR / BPL / UNG / UNH)

 
Price changes to Additional Services for Business Customers from 1 July 2024

Prices changes to Letter and Parcel Inbound Mail Services

  • Freepost NAME Licence Fee (SAP material code: FPL & FPM)
  • Large Response Licence Inland Fee (SAP material code: RLL)
  • Response Plus Licence (SAP material code: RPU)

 
Download your price guide and rate cards here:

 
Prices are changing for Royal Mail Mailmark Meter technology, Secure Print and Franking API from 1 July 2024

  • Domestic Letters and Large Letters

 
Download your price guides and rate cards here:

Remember to make sure your franking machine is ready for the price changes before 1 July 2024

Please contact your franking machine manufacturer or independent supplier and they will be able to help you with the next steps in getting your franking machine ready for the price changes.

To find out more about the price changes and to learn more about Royal Mail Mailmark® franking visit royalmail.com/franking

 
Some of our surcharges and correction charges will be changing on the 1 July 2024 and can be found via royalmail.com/surcharges. In the future we plan to advise customers of new surcharge rates via the surcharge web page rather than be personal letter, in accordance with the General Terms and Conditions. Please make sure you visit this web page regularly to ensure that you are always completely up to date with our latest rates.

 
Price changes for the following Online products from 1 July 2024

  • International Tracked
  • International Tracked & Signed Heavier

Please refer to the Online Price Guide for the full list of prices.

 
Download your price guide here:

Price changes from 2 April 2024

 
Price changes to our online and Post Office products and services include the following:

 
Domestic Products and services:

  • 1st and 2nd Class Letters, Large Letters and Parcels
  • Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed® 
  • Royal Mail Signed For®
  • Royal Mail Tracked (Non-Account)
  • Redirection
  • Keepsafe
  • PO Box
  • Diversions
  • Timed Delivery
  • Pre Sorted Delivery
  • Early Extraction
  • Selectapost
  • Do Not Redirect

International Products and services:

  • International Letters, Large Letters, Parcels and ‘Printed Paper’ formats for the following products:

    • International Tracked
    • International Tracked & Signed 
    • International Signed 
    • International Standard
    • International Economy services
  • Non-Mail Products and Services, including International Redirection

Please refer to our price guides and rate cards for all price changes.

If you are a personal customer, or sell regularly on marketplaces, you can continue to use two ways of paying for your parcels and letters postage from 2 April 2024.

1. Prices for parcels and letters with postage paid through Royal Mail Click & Drop®, and online channels such as eBay, Amazon, Etsy, Shpock and PayPal, can be found in the Royal Mail Online Price guide. This guide contains online prices for Royal Mail's UK and International parcels including Standard, Tracked & Signed, Signed and Guaranteed delivery services. View or download a copy now. These prices are effective from 2 April 2024.

 
2. Prices for stamped parcels and letters, and those paid over the counter at a Post Office® branch are found in the Our Prices guide. You can view or download a copy of this guide to our UK and International parcel and letter services, including Parcelforce Worldwide, online. Alternatively, you can pick up a copy from your local Post Office® branch.

 
Please refer to the Business Price Guide to see how your prices are changing.

 
Please see the ‘Price changes from 25 March 2024’ section below to see how prices are changing for some of our account services and products purchased through a franking machine.

Price changes from 25 March 2024 (unless otherwise stated)

  • Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed® by 9am, 1pm and Next Day
  • Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed® Returns
  • Royal Mail Signed For®
  • Royal Mail 24® and Royal Mail 48® barcoded Large Letters
  • Royal Mail 24® and Royal Mail 48® basic barcoded Large Letters
  • Royal Mail 24® and Royal Mail 48® barcoded Parcels
  • Royal Mail 24® and Royal Mail 48® basic barcoded Parcels
  • Royal Mail Tracked 24/48 and Letterboxable
  • Royal Mail Tracked Returns®
  • 1st and 2nd Class Account Mail (Parcels) (STL)
  • Business Reply Standard 
  • Freepost Standard parcels 
  • Freepost NAME parcels

 
Download your price guide and rate cards here:

 
In addition to these price changes, the Green Surcharge will also be changing from 25 March 2024

The products covered by the Green Surcharge are:

  • Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed® by 9am, by 1pm and Next Day
  • Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed Returns®
  • Royal Mail 24® and Royal Mail 48® barcoded Large Letters and Parcels
  • Royal Mail 24® and Royal Mail 48® basic barcoded Large Letters and Parcels 
  • Royal Mail Tracked 24® and Royal Mail Tracked 48®
  • Royal Mail Tracked Returns®

For details of surcharges, please visit royalmail.com/surcharges

  • Untracked NPC large letters – price reductions to several destinations

 
There are also price changes to:

  • Tracked large letters – price reduction for Japan
  • Tracked Heavier parcels – price changes to France and Germany (on HVK), and Lithuania (on HVB)
  • Worldwide PC large letters – increase to kilo price

For more information please see the International Business Mail rate card

 
Download your price guide and rate cards here:

 
Prices changes for our VAT exempt Domestic On Account items

  • Royal Mail 1st and 2nd Class Account Mail (Parcels) - SAP code: BPL
  • Royal Mail 1st and 2nd Class Account Mail Signed For (Letters, Large Letters and Parcels) – SAP code: BPR

 
Price Changes for International On Account items

The following On Account products will see price changes:

  • International Tracked
  • International Tracked & Signed
  • International Signed
  • International Standard
  • International Economy

Please see the Business Price Guide for further details.

Please note that International Tracked parcel prices continue to be aligned to Online Consumer.

 
Download your price guide and rate cards here:

 
Prices are changing for customers using a franking machine from 2 April 2024

  • 1st and 2nd Class Domestic Parcels 
  • Royal Mail Signed For (Letters, Large Letters & Parcels)
  • Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed
  • International Letters, Large Letters, Parcels and ‘Printed Paper’ for all International products:
    • International Tracked & Signed
    • International Tracked
    • International Signed
    •  International Standard
    • International Economy
  • Business Keepsafe

 
Download your price guides and rate cards here:

 
Prices changes to Letter and Parcel Inbound Mail Services

  • Early Extraction
  • Selectapost
  • Pre-Sorted Delivery
  • Business Redirection
  • Business Keepsafe
  • PO Box
  • Diversion
  • Timed Delivery
  • Business Collections

 
Download your price guide and rate cards here:

 
Royal Mail Direct prices from 2 April 2024 will be announced on royalmail.com/prices2024 on Friday 1 March.

 
We have updated the Retail Letters Price to remove OCR and High Sort products.

If you continue to post on OCR or High Sort product codes after 2nd April 2024, please use the following table to look up your price.

OCR and High sort product names being withrdawn from 1 April Product code OCR and High sort product codes 'will be priced as' product description Priced as product code
Business Mail Unsorted 1C OCR CL3 Business Mail Account Unsorted 1C UNA
Business Mail Unsorted 2C OCR CL4 Business Mail Account Unsorted 2C UNB
Advertising Mail Unsorted 1C OCR CLF Advertising Mail Account Unsorted 1C UNC
Advertising Mail Unsorted 2C OCR CLH Advertising Mail Account Unsorted 1C UND
Business Mail Low Sort 1C OCR MXD Business Mail Manual Low Sort 1C LOH
Business Mail Low Sort 2C OCR MXE Business Mail Manual Low Sort 2C LOI
Business Mail Low Sort Economy OCR MXF Business Mail Manual Low Sort Economy LOJ
Advertising Mail Low Sort 1C OCR AUR Advertising Mail Manual Low Sort 1C LOA
Advertising Mail Low Sort 2C OCR AVN Advertising Mail Manual Low Sort 2C LOB
Advertising Mail Low Sort 2C Economy OCR AVU Advertising Mail Manual Low Sort Economy LOC
Publishing Mail Low Sort 1C OCR PQ3 Publishing Mail Manual Low Sort 1C LOM
Publishing Mail Low Sort 2C OCR PQ4 Publishing Mail Manual Low Sort 2C LON
Business Mail High Sort 1C LE1 Business Mail Manual Low Sort 1C LOH
Business Mail High Sort 2C LE2 Business Mail Manual Low Sort 2C LOI
Business Mail High Sort Economy LE3 Business Mail Manual Low Sort Economy LOJ
Advertising Mail High Sort 1C AUX Advertising Mail Manual Low Sort 1C LOA
Advertising Mail High Sort 2C AV1 Advertising Mail Manual Low Sort 2C LOB
Advertising Mail High Sort Economy AV4 Advertising Mail Manual Low Sort Economy LOC
Partially Addressed High Sort 1C PAA Partially Addressed Manual Low Sort 1C LOD
Partially Addressed High Sort 2C PAB Partially Addressed Manual Low Sort 2C LOE
Partially Addressed High Sort Economy PAC Partially Addressed Manual Low Sort Economy LOF
Advertising Mail Catalogue Hi Sort Economy AM3 Advertising Mail Catalogue Manual Low Sort Economy LOG
Publishing Mail High Sort 1C PR1 Publishing Mail Manual Low Sort 1C LOM
Publishing Mail High Sort 2C PR2 Publishing Mail Manual Low Sort 2C LON

 

Download price guide

Price changes from 2 January 2024

  • International Tracked services (country-priced):  We are reducing or holding Tracked prices* across most countries, with a few exceptions
     
  • We are introducing a standard rate card for International Tracked Heavier (parcels up to 30kg, on product codes HVB/E/K/L) – please see the International Business Parcels rate card below
     
  • We are also introducing a new Letterboxable Parcels product for items with dimensions less than 353 x 250 x 30 mm, which are at a lower cost than Tracked/untracked parcels for a selection of European destinations**
     
  • Untracked International Business Products (country-priced): We are generally increasing prices to reflect higher delivery costs – please consult the Price Guides for more detail on these changes
    • Please note that Business Tracked (MP7) is now the most cost-effective way to send parcels to USA
       
  • We are introducing Volume-Related Discounts (VRDs) on the untracked, country-priced services (both letters and parcels), dependent on the number of international items posted per site per order. These discounts will be automatically applied to your invoiced price
     
  • Zonal-priced international services (Tracked, untracked and Response): We will be increasing all zonal product prices by 10-20%
     
  • Please consult the Price Guides for more details on these changes

 
* Prices either reduced or held based on each destination’s average item weight (from RM volumes)

** Lower parcel prices can be obtained using the letterboxable products (untracked BXB and Tracked BXF) into the following destinations: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany (untracked only), Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

 
Download your rate cards here (valid from 2 January 2024):

 
Following increased air carrier costs, we are re-introducing an Air Carrier Supplement for Israel.

Please visit royalmail.com/aircarriersupplements for the current air carrier supplement prices.

 
From 2 January 2024, a default postcode option (XY99 1AA) is being added to the Mailmark barcode to make it easier to use Mailmark.

Currently to use the Mailmark barcode, the postcode of the recipient address must be added into the barcode. Where a postcode cannot be identified, the postcode can be populated with a default postcode (XYPP 1AA) or blank spaces.

For each mailing, Royal Mail checks that each item includes an accurate postcode in the barcode and eManifest. Royal Mail operates a 10% tolerance for postcode accuracy, meaning no charges will be raised for the first 10% of mailing items that don’t include an accurate postcode. 

The use of blank spaces in the barcode, an incorrect geographic postcode, an XY99 1AA Default Postcode and/ or any other characters used that don’t correctly match to the PAF postcode will all count towards the 10% tolerance. 

If more than 10% of items don’t include an accurate postcode Royal Mail may raise a charge as follows: 

  • Where XY99 1AA is used = a Default Postcode supplementary service charge applies.
  • Where blank spaces are used or an inaccurate postcode = a Postcode Accuracy adjustment charge applies.

Retail Letters price guidepdf, 1.59 MB - valid from 2 January 2024

Door to Door price changes from 19 February 2024

 
Our existing prices for Door to Door will be changing and will come into effect for distributions taking place on or after Monday 19 February 2024.

Our Door to Door prices have remained the same for the past 3 years. However, due to increased costs, our rate card prices will now be increasing by 5% on average.

In addition, our Late Booking Product will be priced at £34.00 per 1,000 items for contracts weighing up to and including 20g and £36.00 per 1000 items for contracts weighing up to and including 35g.

Our new prices will take effect for bookings received after 5pm on Monday 22 January 2024 (by phone, email or via the Drop A Leaflet platform), or after 5pm Friday 26 January 2024 for online bookings.

You can obtain more information on our new prices and download the PDF of the latest February 2024 Door to Door Rate Cardpdf, 425.68 KB.

Subscription Mail price changes from 2 January 2024

 
Prices are changing for the Royal Mail Subscription Mail product from 2 January 2024. To find out how these prices are changing, please download your PDF here:

Subscription Mail rate cardpdf, 760.4 KB