Current rates, hopefully valid for a while (Royal Mail need to give 30? days notice).
Postage rates from 2nd April 2024.
1st - £1.35, large £2.10
2nd - 85p, large £1.55
Surface mail / International Economy, 100g to outside Europe, £2.20
Airmail / International Standard, 100g postcards/letters, £2.50
There is a minimum size for international mail. “One surface must be at least 9cm x 14cm” found on their get a price site.
Also keep an eye on Postcrossing’s Postal Monitor, and service updates from Royal Mail:
I wonder, good thought and off to google and see if can find out, be interesting to know which country has highest postage rate for a postcard and also who is lowest!
Malaysia has the postage of 1.4rm which equals 0.25£;
Danish needs 25kr(or more) for a card which equals 3£.
That’s why we have so few crossers from Denmark…
Now I’m recovering from the shock of the price news (!) I actually came to ask a weird question: has anyone noticed that the blue ink is rubbing off their Airmail stickers? In particular I’m talking about the Post Brenhinol ones, although I don’t see why it would be any different from the English-language Royal Mail stickers.
The £1.45 stamps will still be OK for International Economy, which I believe can be used to send postcards to anywhere outside of Europe. Or make them up to International Standard with 25p of loose stamps.