Sending Christmas Cards and New Year's Cards |
November 15, 2019
Deadlines for Sending Christmas Mail
The deadlines for sending Christmas mail in 2019, including cards, to various countries and territories are given in the table below.
|
Country/ Territory of Destination |
Mailing Deadline (Please see Notes.) |
Country/ Territory of Destination |
Mailing Deadline (Please see Notes.) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airmail | SAL Mail | Airmail | SAL Mail | ||
| (Asia) | (Europe) | ||||
| India | December 6 | November 29 | Ireland | December 6 | November 29 |
| Indonesia | December 10 | December 3 | Italy | December 11 | December 3 |
| Korea | December 11 | - | United Kingdom | December 6 | November 29 |
| Singapore | December 3 | December 3 | Austria | December 6 | November 29 |
| Sri Lanka | December 6 | November 29 | Netherlands | December 11 | - |
| Thailand | December 18 | December 11 | Greece | December 6 | November 29 |
| Taiwan | December 6 | - | Switzerland | December 6 | November 29 |
| China | December 13 | December 6 | Sweden | December 6 | November 29 |
| Pakistan | December 6 | November 29 | Spain | December 6 | - |
| Bangladesh | December 10 | December 3 | Denmark | December 6 | November 29 |
| Philippines | December 6 | November 29 | Germany | December 11 | December 3 |
| Vietnam | December 10 | - | Norway | December 6 | November 29 |
| Hong Kong | December 13 | December 5 | Hungary | December 11 | December 3 |
| Macao | December 13 | - | Finland | December 11 | December 3 |
| Malaysia | December 10 | December 3 | France | December 6 | - |
| Myanmar | December 10 | - | Belgium | December 6 | November 29 |
| Laos | December 10 | - | Poland | December 6 | November 29 |
| (North America) | Portugal | December 6 | November 29 | ||
| Canada | November 29 | November 21 | Romania | December 6 | - |
| Hawaii | November 29 | November 21 | Russia | December 6 | November 29 |
| USA | November 29 | November 21 | (Oceania) | ||
| (Central and South America) | Australia | December 6 | November 29 | ||
| Argentina | December 3 | November 29 | New Zealand | December 6 | November 29 |
| El Salvador | December 3 | - | Papua New Guinea | December 6 | - |
| Colombia | December 3 | November 29 | Fiji | December 6 | - |
| Chile | December 3 | November 29 | (Africa) | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | December 3 | - | Algeria | December 6 | - |
| Nicaragua | December 3 | - | Uganda | December 6 | - |
| Panama | December 3 | - | Egypt | December 6 | - |
| Brazil | December 3 | November 29 | Ethiopia | December 6 | - |
| Venezuela | December 3 | - | Ghana | December 6 | - |
| Peru | December 3 | November 29 | Kenya | December 6 | November 29 |
| Mexico | December 3 | November 29 | Zambia | December 6 | - |
| Zimbabwe | December 6 | - | |||
| (Near and Middle East) | Tanzania | December 6 | - | ||
| UAE | December 12 | December 5 | Nigeria | December 6 | - |
| Israel | December 6 | November 29 | Madagascar | December 6 | - |
| Oman | December 6 | - | Malawi | December 6 | - |
| Qatar | December 6 | - | Mauritius | December 6 | - |
| Kuwait | December 6 | November 29 | Morocco | December 6 | - |
| Cyprus | December 6 | - | |||
| Saudi Arabia | December 6 | November 29 | |||
| Bahrain | December 6 | November 29 | |||
| Jordan | December 6 | - | |||
Notes:
- These mailing deadlines are the final dates set according to the delivery information received from each country/territory in order to allow enough time for Christmas mail, including cards, to be delivered in the destination countries/territories. They are not meant to restrict mailing after the deadlines.
- It is recommended that you send parcels, small packets and other requiring customs inspection at the country/territory of destination prior to the deadlines as additional time may be required.
- Regarding SAL Mail, where the deadline fields are left empty means that it is either impossible to establish the time needed to deliver Christmas mail or that SAL service does not provide.
- For countries and territories not included in the table above, the Christmas mail delivery schedule is unclear and no mailing deadlines are set.
Sending New Year's Post Cards (Nenga-jo) Overseas
New Year's Post Cards issued by Japan Post (Nenga-jo) can be sent overseas with an additional postage stamp, that is, a 7-yen stamp for Airmail.
There is no special handling such as delivering New Year's Post Cards (Nenga-jo) on New Year's Day in other countries.
Therefore, if you want to deliver the cards during the New Year season, please send your cards using the “List of Delivery Days” accessible on Japan Post's website as a reference:
https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/deli_days/index_en.html
