Delivery Standard Local parcels are delivered within 2 working days after day of posting to Hong Kong, Kowloon and the major commercial and industrial areas of the New Territories; and within 3 working days to other areas.

It normally takes 2-4 days for letter but heavier items can take ages unless I paid to ship via airmail.

FAQ for Shipping from Hong Kong to UK Shipping express can take as few as 1-4 days – but express is the most expensive mode, and is not suitable for large shipments. Air freight shipping will take about 6-11 days. Sea freight shipping takes 48-52 days, but is the most affordable if you can wait.

The service includes neither tracking nor insurance; but it may be possible to purchase shipping insurance from a third-party company. USPS Commercial ePacket.

Mail delivery service is performed from Mondays to Saturdays. No mail delivery service will be provided on Sundays and public holidays unless it is so announced.

Royal Mail will deliver and collect your post every working day, and on Saturdays. You won’t get post on bank holidays.

If you’ve come to this article to learn how long it normally may take a letter to be delivered, the short answer is this: Local first-class mail will typically be delivered in 2 or 3 days. (“Local” generally means in the same city or state.)

USPS Domestic Delivery Times

Average Delivery Times Around the Country According to the United States Postal Service, the average time of delivery for domestic mail in America sits at 2.5 days regardless of where you are in the United States. This is for letters and postcards (obviously) and once again is only an overall average.

The day you ship does not count. With most average size and smaller post offices, there is only one truck out a day to the main sorting facility and it leaves the post office at 5:00 PM every night. So for those post offices it does not matter whether you get the package to the post office early or late in the day.

The USPS does not typically deliver twice in the same day. During the Christmas period carriers may receive help with their packages so there may be two carriers out, one delivering mail, the other delivering packages.

Yes. However, many places don’t accept delivery on Saturday. In that case, Saturday doesn’t count. USPS delivers on Saturday if the business is open.

Most often though, Sunday is usually out of context since it is known to us that it usually serves as a rest day for most. Yes, USPS delivers on Saturday. Priority Mail & Priority Mail Express items might be delivered on Saturdays.

So, the answer is, yes, the USPS has 24 hour operations in their large plants but not in their small offices in smaller towns. When you send mail it is transported to a Distribution Center at the end of that day and is sorted in the evening hours.

UPS delivers on Saturdays to homes in more than 100 U.S. metro areas. Sometimes faster delivery – even just one day – makes all the difference. Plus, UPS can deliver your economy packages on Sunday* through a partnership with the USPS…also up to two days faster than before. *Coverage where available.

Regular (letter) mail doesn’t get delivered on Sundays because it is not cost effective to do so due to the low volume of that type of mail that would be getting delivered. Because of Amazon, USPS does now deliver packages on Sunday, if customers have weekend delivery selected.

The invention of the telegraph in 1844 ultimately spelled the end of Sunday mail. It was now possible to get market information without the mail system. By the 1850s, postmaster generals were eliminating the movement of most mail on Sunday.

The Holidays During Which USPS Does Not Deliver Mail

• New Year’s Day (January 1st)
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• President’s Day (3rd Monday of February)
• Memorial Day (4th Monday of May)
• Independence Day (July 4th)
• Labor Day (1st Monday of September)
• Columbus Day (2nd Monday of October)
• Veterans Day (November 11th)