Key points
• Customers can now get proof of posting for international parcels at any UK postbox using the Royal Mail app
• The app uses location services to detect the postbox and generate a digital receipt in seconds
• With 115,000 postboxes across the UK within half a mile of 98% of addresses, they are the largest parcel drop-off network in the country
Royal Mail has expanded its digital proof of posting service to include international parcels, making it easier than ever for customers to send items abroad with confidence. Using the Royal Mail app, customers can now drop off smaller international parcels with a label at any of the UK’s 115,000 postboxes and request a proof of posting receipt in just a few taps.
The move will make it easier for small businesses exporting small items and customers sending to friends and family abroad. Any parcel that has a label and fits can be sent in postboxes, whilst larger parcels can also be sent via Royal Mail’s new solar-powered ‘postboxes of the future’, 3,500 of which are currently being rolled out across the UK. / (....)