Packing & shipping

We process and ship orders Monday to Wednesday. Orders are shipped via Royal Mail through one of their services as outlined in the rates tables below.

Orders received by 12pm GMT, will be packed and shipped the same day. Orders received after 12pm GMT, will be packed and shipped the next day with exception of a Wednesday when the next process of orders will occur the following Monday. We aim to have your orders shipped to you as soon as possible.

 

Delivery rates

The below tables cover postage rates for the UK, Europe Zones 1/2/3, and World Zones 1/2/3. These rates are applicable to products produced by The Strad only. Third party merchant products are costed and shipped directly by the third party merchant.

We ship our flat rolled posters separately in tubes. Each tube can hold up to 10 posters and will be charged up to 2kg pricing to the nearest penny. Each tube is classed as an item.

We ship all other products in packages up to 2kg to the majority of locations. Each 2kg package is classed as an item.

 

UK shipping

 

Format Weight up to and including Royal Mail UK Standard 1st Class Royal Mail UK Signed 1st Class
Large Letter 100g £1.60 £3.10
  250g £2.25 £3.75
  500g £2.95 £4.45
  750g £3.30 £4.80
Small Parcel 2kg £4.19 £5.39
Medium Parcel 2kg £6.29 £7.49
  10kg £7.99 £9.19
  20kg £11.99 £13.19
Items shipped by Royal Mail UK. Prices are exempt from VAT. Prices correct as of April 2023.

 

International shipping

Please refer to Royal Mail for a detailed breakdown of countries that apply to the zones as indicated below. USA is in World Zone 3.

 

Format Weight up to and including Europe Zones 1/2/3 World Zone 1 World Zone 2 World Zone 3
Large Letter 100g £3.25 £4.20 £4.20 £4.20
  250g £4.95 £6.40 £7.50 £6.55
  500g £5.95 £8.70 £10.55 £9.00
  750g £6.95 £11.35 £14.25 £11.80
Items shipped by Royal Mail International. VAT is payable at the zero rate for EU and ROW destinations. Prices correct as of April 2023.

 

Format Weight up to and including Europe Zones 1 Europe Zone 2 Europe Zone 3 World Zone 1 World Zone 2 World Zone 3
Parcel 1kg £11.85 £12.15 £13.15 £21.00 £23.35 £25.00
  1.25kg £12.85 £13.35 £14.30 £23.40 £26.35 £28.45
  1.5kg £12.85 £13.35 £15.45 £25.65 £29.45 £31.20
  2kg £14.35 £14.85 £16.45 £26.85 £31.15 £32.45
Items shipped by Royal Mail International. VAT is payable at the zero rate for EU and ROW destinations. Prices correct as of April 2023.