From 1st September there’s going to be another nasty round of postal increases for overseas customers. Nothing as bad as last month’s increases which saw some prices to USA increasing by over 50%, but some are nevertheless hefty. Zone 2 (Australia and New Zealand) will see the biggest increases, Zone 1 (other territories outside Europe) will see significant rises, whereas the rises to Europe are very small. Apparently this has been caused by the lack of commercial flights to many territories and big increases in freight shipping costs. In Europe much of the air fright now goes by road.

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