The information below should be used as a guide to anyone sending mail to BFPO addresses worldwide for Christmas 2009.
1. Try to send your Christmas cards and gifts early to ensure they arrive at their destination in good time for Christmas.
2. For safety reasons ensure that you do not include any prohibited items in your packages i.e. Aerosols. If your package or parcel contains a prohibited item it will be removed and will have the prohibited item removed before being sent on to the destination address causing a delay to all mail items on that particular day. During the busy Christmas period this can lead to your package missing the latest date of posting for guaranteed delivery and not being received at the destination until after the Christmas period. For more information on prohibited items click here.
3. Ensure you write the address clearly on the letter or package and that the BFPO number is the last line of the address, this will aid in the address being automatically read first time at the BFPO sorting office. For more information on how to address your mail click here.
4. BFPO aims to process all Christmas mail within one day of arriving at the BFPO sorting office for onward movement to fixed bases worldwide
To find out whether you item is a letter/packet or a parcel please refer to the 'Send a Letter/Packet' page or 'Send a parcel' page for details of size and weight limits for each category.
Latest dates of posting from UK to BFPOs worldwide including Ex & Ops.
BFPO
Latest date of posting
2 - 14
10 Dec
15 - 49
14 Dec
50
10 Dec
52
09 Dec
53 - 59
27 Nov
63 & 65
10 Dec
109 - 140
14 Dec
150
10 Dec
200 - 490
03 Dec
492 - 494
17 Oct
567
27 Nov
589
14 Dec
599
10 Dec
622
16 Oct
651
10 Dec
655
16 Oct
677
02 Nov
801 - 825
14 Dec
Please Note that there is NO Parcel service to (or from) the following BFPOs: 632 - 643, 684 and all 700s
Please be aware that any item weighing up to 2Kg is classed as a Packet, and therefore can be sent to Operational BFPOs like Op Herrick and Op Telic. For more information please refer to the Useful Links section below under 'Difference between Packets and Parcels'
