Royal Mail Signed For®

Relax – we’ll get a signature from the recipient when your item’s delivered. Great if you’re sending a gift or selling goods online.

Available with Royal Mail 1st and 2nd Class services
Signature on delivery
Online delivery confirmation

Includes up to £50 compensation
A recognised, eligible service for the eBay Seller Protection programme
Prices start at £2.06 for letters up to 100g

Please note

To protect both customers and Royal Mail workers, Royal Mail are not handing over hand-held devices to customers in cases when a signature is required. The recipient’s name is noted and can be viewed with the confirmation of delivery on the online tracking.

Signed For 1st and 2nd Class prices

You’ll find the prices to send different letter and parcel sizes using Signed For 1st and 2nd Class in the drop-down menus below.

Or use our Price Finder tool to find the cost of sending your item with this service.

Letters and Large Letters

Get a signature when your letter’s delivered from £2.06, or Large Letters from £2.36.

Category	Max weight	Signed For 1st Class	Signed For 2nd Class
Letter 24 cm long 16.5cm wide 0.5cm thick	100g	£2.25	£2.06
Large Letters 35.3cm long 25cm wide 2.5cm thick	100g	£2.69	£2.36
	250g	£3.23	£2.93
	500g	£3.79	£3.39
	750g	£4.70	£4.10

Small and Medium Parcels

Get a signature when your parcel’s delivered. Prices start from £4.20.

Category	Max weight	Signed For 1st Class	Signed For 2nd Class
Small Parcel 45cm long 35cm wide 16cm thick	1kg	£4.85	£4.20
Small Parcel 45cm long 35cm wide 16cm thick	2kg	£6.57	£4.20
Medium Parcel 61cm long 46cm wide 46cm thick	1kg	£7.00	£6.30
	2kg	£10.02	£6.30
	5kg	£16.85	£9.99
	10kg	£22.90	£21.25
	20kg	£34.40	£29.55

Where to buy and send Royal Mail Signed For items

Get proof of postage in-branch

Restricted and prohibited items

For safety reasons and to comply with national and international regulations, we restrict or prohibit certain items from our network. We may ask you about the contents of your parcel so we can make sure your items are safe to post.

You're responsible for making sure you're not posting any restricted or prohibited items, so it's best to make sure you know what’s allowed and what isn’t. You might be surprised to learn that items like batteries and perfumes are subject to some restrictions.

View a full list of prohibited and restricted items.

UK two-day delivery with Parcelforce Worldwide

express48

Fully tracked delivery within two working days, starting from just £12.12.

Track the full journey of your item
Know we’ll only deliver it with a signature
Get Saturday delivery for an extra £9.00

Includes up to £100 compensation
Option to buy additional cover up to £2,500
30kg weight limit

express48 and express48large prices

You’ll find the prices to send different parcel sizes using Parcelforce Worldwide express48 services in the drop-down menus below.

express48 parcels

Prices start from £12.12.

Size	Weight	express48 price
express48 parcel Up to 1.5m long Combined length and girth of up to 3m	up to 2kg	£12.12
	up to 5kg	£13.14
	up to 10kg	£16.62
	up to 15kg	£23.40
	up to 20kg	£28.80
	up to 25kg	£40.08
	up to 30kg	£44.22
	per extra kg	£1.56

express48large parcels

Available in selected Post Office branches – find them here. Prices start from £31.80.

Size	Weight	express48large price
express48large parcel Up to 2.5m long Combined length and girth of up to 5m	up to 2kg	£31.80
	up to 5kg	£33.00
	up to 10kg	£36.60
	up to 15kg	£44.10
	up to 20kg	£49.50
	up to 25kg	£61.20
	up to 30kg	£65.70
	per extra kg	£1.80

Where to buy and send express48 items

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