if i post a letter with 1st class stamp today, when will it arrive?
if i post a letter with 2ndclass stamp today, when will it arrive?
if i post a letter with 3nd class stamp today, when will it arrive?
2006-09-13 23:47:06 · 28 answers · asked by ~ 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
1st there price
1st class next day
2nd class two days
3rd class never as royal mail are cr@p
2006-09-13 23:50:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Third Class Postage
2016-12-10 16:38:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st Class should be 1-2 working days
2nd Class approx 2-3 working days (Royal Mail state allow up to 5 days)
3rd Class - you cant buy as stamps, but for business post or direct mail you can use Mailsort 1, 2 or 3. Mailsort 3 you should allow 7-10 days for the post to drop. There are numerous other mailsort, walksort and mailplus services, but these are all business/bulk mailing options
2006-09-14 00:25:04 · answer #3 · answered by Pington 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Theoretically the 1st class should arrive the following day and the 2nd class the day after. There is no 3rd class stamp.
2006-09-14 00:03:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Postage for uk mail is now down to the size of the letter aswell. On first class local area delivery can be next day. or 2 days as it goes further around the country. If yoou send post second class it does take a day or so longer but this is because they process the first class first. the futher you send a 2nd class letter because of the timing you may find that it arives the same day as a 1st class letter.
ps third class is via carrier pidgeon so please dont put on return to sender if not delivered
2006-09-13 23:58:32 · answer #5 · answered by alismudge 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
first class - 1 - 3 days (depends where in the country you send it)
second class - 1 - 5 days
third class - 1 - 10 days
So even a third class stamp might get it there in one day, perhaps because you're mailing it to the same town.
What happens is that as the mail is sorted through the machines, the first class mail gets bagged and processed first - if there is room in the bag (or the carrier still has time to sort), they move to second and then third class - so on a light mail day, third class gets there as quick as first.
2006-09-13 23:55:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The difference is the cost.
Royal Mail have guidelines for delivery but other than special delivery there is no guarantee that it will ever get there.
BTW, there is no such thing as 3nd or 3rd class delivery in the UK!
2006-09-13 23:56:40 · answer #7 · answered by U J 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1st class should arrive the next day, 2nd class takes 2/3 days and I 've never heard of 3rd class, so I don't know about that one, sorry
2006-09-13 23:51:33 · answer #8 · answered by ♥ Nicola ♥ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As long as you post them before 5/5.30pm and there are no problems:
1st Class - Next Day
2nd Class - Within 2 - 3 days
And I have never heard of 3rd class, sorry.
2006-09-13 23:50:01 · answer #9 · answered by Quiltel 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there is no 3rd class
1st class 1 - 2 working days
2nd class 3 - 4 working days
2006-09-13 23:49:40 · answer #10 · answered by 240881psy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no difference, except first class is a couple of pence more for a stamp. They all arrive once you have enough mail to make it worthwhile for the postman to visit you (if they haven't lost your mail completely that is).
2006-09-13 23:56:08 · answer #11 · answered by kaz1 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋