Quote Originally Posted by artificer View Post
I had no idea that there was such a restrictive weight limit for Royal Mail! Is that for a particular class of post? I've gotten boxes from a pewter caster that I KNOW were over 2kg and came RM Small Packet.
Is it a new limit?? I learn something new every day.

The weird thing is that limit certainly doesn't exist for incoming product to the UK- I've shipped more than a few packages (usually horsehair sporrans & full belt sets) that have been over that limit.

You're right though, if someone needs Overnight or 2 day international FedEx is probably the only game in town.

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Yeah unfortunately so. As far as I'm aware, it's always been 2kg for Airmail and Surface Mail (boat).
http://www.royalmail.com/personal/in...ional-standard

Over 2kg they send you to ParcelForce which used to be Government owned, but are now a private courier like FedEx/DHL etc.

The only exception is printed papers, which you can send up to 5kg. They're also restrictive on the size of box you can send, with the length, width and depth combined being no more than 90cms (35").