Forwarding post

[missesbell]

I have a daughter in the army currently in UK. Last week I forwarded about 6 items of post and she has just contacted me to say that she had to pay £6 to the Royal Mail because some of the items were UK Mail. How do I forward UK Mail?? and did you all out there know about this because it is the first I have heard about it.

[eyethenkyew]

I may be wrong here but I have the impression that you may have tried to use the BFPO system where it shouldn't have been used, i.e. in the UK?

[boxtops]

If you are forwarding anything with UK postage on it to an address overseas, you'd need to put appropriate overseas postage on it.

If she does have a BFPO address for her mail, that should be used - perhaps by putting the mail in a separate envelope of your own. You still have to pay the appropriate amount though http://www.mod.uk/Def...ndALetterOrPacket.htm

Free redelivery is only within the UK

[boxtops]

^ sorry, I misread your post, she IS in the UK - and the forwarding service is only available on Royal Mail paid letters, UK Mail is a commercial mail service - I can see why Royal Mail would count UK Mail letters as unstamped. Ask UK Mail here https://www.ukmail.co..._support/default.aspx