Posting a card to the Isle of Man

nearlyrich

I am writing my cards today and I have bought my stamps, know the posting dates etc, just can't think whether it's Ok to use a standard second class stamp to post a small light card to IOM.

Do I need an EU stamp as for Eire? I don't want my friends having to pay extra LOL....:o

wbk666

have you tried asking your local postmaster or checking the royal mail website?

nearlyrich

wbk666 wrote: »

have you tried asking your local postmaster or checking the royal mail website?

I forgot to ask when I bought my stamps if I can't get the answer I will have to pop in again tomorrow...can't find it on the Royal Mail site;)

denton6

Hi i would have thought just the normal stamp would be fine.We posted a card to ireland last year and just posted card as normal in post box with normal stamp on.You have got me thinking now mind and agree you dont want them to get charged extra to recieve it.

firespire

nearlyrich,
I think you are right - IOM, NI - standard UK postage, Irish Republic - Europe rates - I think the Europe stamp has a fixed value, if you get it weighed it might be cheaper.

Found something on the Royal Mail website -

The following countries are treated as Europe for postal pricing purposes.

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria (EU), Azerbaijan, Azores (EU)

Balearic Islands (EU), Belarus, Belgium (EU), Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria (EU)

Canary Islands, Corsica (EU), Croatia, Cyprus (EU), Czech Republic (EU)

Denmark (EU)

Estonia

Faroe Islands, Finland (EU), France (EU)

Georgia, Germany (EU), Gibraltar, Greece (EU), Greenland

Hungary (EU)

Iceland, Irish Republic (EU), Italy (EU)

Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan

Latvia (EU), Liechtenstein, Lithuania (EU), Luxembourg (EU)

Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Rep. of), Madeira (EU), Malta (EU), Moldova, Monaco (EU), Montenegro

Netherlands (EU), Norway

Poland (EU), Portugal (EU)

Romania (EU), Russia

San Marino (EU), Serbia, Slovak Republic (EU), Slovenia (EU), Spain (EU), Spitzbergen, Sweden (EU), Switzerland

Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan

Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Vatican City State

Maz

I used to live on the Isle of Man and yes, normal UK postage stamps are fine.