Postage to Soldiers

A question about : Postage to Soldiers

I wanted to ask here first as the post office I go to is small and tends to have .... issues with anything out of the ordinary!

I have some of the bluey forms and know that they are free to post but does anyone know how much it costs to send a shoebox sized box under 2kg to Afghanistan?

I adopted a soldier and am putting together a first parcel for him!

Also the box I have is shiny and red (a Christmas type box that I found cheap!) so would it be best to wrap it in brown paper?

Thank you!

Best answers:

• Usually postage to Herrick is free at this time of year, if parcel is 2k or below. Look at the BFPO website for what you can and can't send through the post.
• You could adopt me...
  I am on OPs and have a BFPO address..
• Thank you!
  I will wrap the box up well! It will probably be more sticky tape than box .... It is almost sorted and it is safely under 2kg so I will have to see what the post office say when I take it.
  I just have to write some sort of letter to go with it - bit weird writing to someone I know nothing about!
• We use the baby wipes to clean the keyboard & mouse.
• I've been 'adopting' squaddies for the past 4 years now, am part of a parcel sending group that sends goodie boxes out to the lads/ lasses on deployment
  Please make sure that you post your parcel before the 29th of November, there is already a backlog of mail over in Bastion at the moment, parcels are starting to take a lot longer to reach them
• My OH was the only person he knew who returned having not had a single issue with D&V. Though back home he's just been laid out with a D&V virus for four days! He does swear by the hand sanitiser stuff, and I found some hideously fruity smelling ones to send out - anything that gets a giggle.
• under 2kg, it is free.
  I've been sending parcels for years, only ever had a response from 1 person, out of the numerous boxes I sent. I know it's for a good cause.
  I send my friends parcels too, they enjoy the quirky things sent out.