AIRMAIL - More than 2 Kg

[Ashwin2005]

(1) Royal mail web site says that the maximum weight for Airmail is 2 kg. (5 kg for printed materials and booklets only). If our documents are more than 2 kg (My documents were, since I included lot of evidences for significant achievements), how does the Royal mail trasmit the documents? Would more weight cause delay in delivery?

(2) Our post office here says that there may be a reference number for each Airmail package being sent. They say that if this reference number is availoable they can somehow track. The Question is - Will such a reference number be allotted at the place of despatch? Any one who received the documents by Airmail, can you please throw some light - if there was any such reference number for Airmail Parcels?

[Markie]

(1) Royal mail web site says that the maximum weight for Airmail is 2 kg. (5 kg for printed materials and booklets only). If our documents are more than 2 kg (My documents were, since I included lot of evidences for significant achievements), how does the Royal mail trasmit the documents? Would more weight cause delay in delivery?

(2) Our post office here says that there may be a reference number for each Airmail package being sent. They say that if this reference number is availoable they can somehow track. The Question is - Will such a reference number be allotted at the place of despatch? Any one who received the documents by Airmail, can you please throw some light - if there was any such reference number for Airmail Parcels?

Normally, document packages with less than 2 kg pass through the system easily. On the other hand, packages exceeding this 2kg limit catches the attention of the customs group and maybe subjected to inspection at the point of entry.

In my case, the HSMP team removed all the original docs from the big binder I used and despatched them in smaller/lighter pouch via Royal mail. My original package weighed 5kg as per FedEx.

[tereshchenko]

Did you send bricks in it?