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What are the Gibraltar Post Office opening hours and how much does postage cost?

Short answer

The main Post Office at 104 Main Street opens Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.15pm and Friday 9am to 4pm from mid-September to mid-June, Monday to Friday 8.30am to 2.15pm in summer, and Saturday 10am to 1pm all year. A standard letter costs 30p within Gibraltar, 60p to Spain and 90p to the UK.

Detailed answer

Opening hours

  • Main Post Office, 104 Main Street: winter (mid-September to mid-June) Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.15pm, Friday 9am to 4pm; summer (mid-June to mid-September) Monday to Friday 8.30am to 2.15pm; Saturday 10am to 1pm all year; closed Sunday.
  • PO Box counter, Irish Town: Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 3.15pm, Friday 8.30am to 2.45pm. The PO boxes themselves are open 24 hours a day.
  • Parcel Post, Unit E, 7 Admiral Rooke Road: Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 3.15pm, Friday 8.30am to 2.45pm. Collect parcels here when you get a notification card; items not collected within 28 days go back to the sender.

Letter postage

  • Within Gibraltar: 30p (up to 50g), usually delivered the next working day.
  • Spain: 60p (up to 50g).
  • UK airmail: 90p (up to 20g).
  • EU airmail: £1.00 (up to 20g).
  • Rest of the world: £1.15.
  • International registration: £4.00 extra.

These rates have applied since Monday 1 June 2020.

Parcels and stamps

Priority airmail parcels go to over 200 destinations, up to 20kg, in 3 to 18 working days. EMS to the UK and Spain is tracked and signed, in 2 to 11 working days. The postage calculator on post.gi gives prices by weight and destination.

Stamps can also be ordered online at post.gi in full sheets, with free hand delivery in Gibraltar.

Customer care: 200 75714 or [email protected]. General counters: 200 75624. Parcel Post: 200 78364.