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Airsure®


Airsure® costs just £4.50 in addition to the Airmail Letter, Printed Paper or Small Packet postage price for your item. This price includes up to the value of 100 First Class stamps in compensation for loss or damage.

If you are sending valuable items, you can get additional cover of up to £500 for an additional £2.20 on top of the £4.50 Airsure® fee. However, the maximum compensation for cash and money sent via Airsure® is £100. Please note that cash cannot be sent at all to a number of countries – check with Royal Mail Customer Services for more details.

Additional cover is not available for mobile telephones. The maximum compensation for mobile telephones sent via Airsure® is the value of 100 First Class stamps.

You can also buy pre-paid Airsure® C4 size packs at £7 each for Europe and £7.99 each worldwide, for items up to 300g. Get your packs now from the online shop.


Price list

Airsure® service cost – example costs

Destination (Zone)1 x letter 44g1 x pair of jeans 423g (small packet)2 x glossy magazines 890g (printed papers)
France (European Zone)£1.05+ £4.50 = £5.55 £3.21 + £4.50 = £7.71 £5.74 + £4.50 = £10.24
USA (World Zone) £1.82 + £4.50 = £6.32 £5.79 + £4.50 = £10.29 £11.11 + £4.50 = £15.61


Use Airmail Letter, Printed Paper or Small Packet prices plus £4.50 to calculate the Airsure® costs. Additional compensation up to £500 is available for a further £2.20 (i.e. £6.70 plus Airmail postage).

Use the online calculator to compare our prices.


Account Customers

Adding Airsure to International Unsorted, Format Sort and Standard Tariff Letter (STL).

Airsure® costs just £4.50 in addition to the International Unsorted, Format Sort and standard  postage price for your item. This price includes up to the value of 100 First Class stamps in compensation for loss or damage. You can get additional cover of up to £500 for an additional £2.20 on top of the £4.50 Airsure® fee.


Contract Airsure

Contract Airsure® offers discount to international contract customers and bulk mailers sending Airsure items. Contract Airsure® rates can be accessed by any existing international contract holder or new customers who post over £2,500 of international mail per annum and therefore qualify for an international contract.

Contract Airsure® April 09 Tariff

WeightEurope (all items)Rest of the World (all items)
100g£4.90£4.95
250g£5.30£5.55
500g£5.90£6.95
750g£6.90£10.00
1000g£7.50£12.10
1250g£8.30£14.10
1500g£9.15£16.05
1750g£9.90£17.95
2000g£10.50£19.90

* Letter: Maximum size = 245mm X 165mm & 5mm thickness. Max weight = 100g.
* Flat: Maximum size = 381mm X 305mm & 20mm thickness. Max weight = 500g.
* Packet: Maximum size = standard maximum Airmail dimensions. Max weight = 2kg.

Additional compensation up to £500 is currently not available with Contract Airsure