Postal Tubes - 460 x 50 mm - A2

Postal Tubes - 460 x 50 mm - A2

Our Postal Tubes offer reliable, all-around protection during transit, making them ideal for sending posters, maps, documents, blinds, curtain poles, and other similar items. These durable tubes come complete with plastic end caps for secure sealing, ensuring your items are protected against damage such as creases, tears, and bending. Perfect for storage or shipping, our postal tubes provide the ideal packaging solution for all your long, cylindrical items.

Product Features:

• Complete with Plastic End Caps: Each postal tube is supplied with secure plastic end caps to ensure your items remain sealed and protected during transit.
• Variety of Sizes: Available in different thicknesses, diameters, and lengths to suit your packaging needs. Stock sizes include A4, A3, A2, and A1.
• Strong Construction: Made from strong cardboard, these tubes will not collapse. The wall thickness for the 45mm diameter versions is 1.35mm, and for the 50mm diameter, it is 1.5mm, ensuring durability and strength.
• Letterbox Friendly: The 45mm diameter tubes fit through most UK letterboxes, helping to reduce delivery failures and returns when using Royal Mail services.
• Next Working Day Delivery: All stock sizes are available for next working day delivery on orders placed by 4pm.
• Multi-Purpose Use: Ideal for shipping or storing posters, documents, artwork, and other similar products, providing excellent protection against damage.
• Convenient and Easy to Pack: These tubes are simple to pack, providing quick and hassle-free packaging for your items.

Why Choose Our Postal Tubes?

Our Postal Tubes provide the perfect packaging solution for shipping and storing long, cylindrical items such as posters, blueprints, and artwork. With a strong and durable construction, these tubes offer excellent protection, ensuring your products arrive safely at their destination. The 45mm diameter option is especially popular, as it fits through most letterboxes, making it more convenient for delivery and reducing the risk of returns. Our postal tubes are available in a wide range of sizes, and with fast delivery, they are the ideal choice for both businesses and individuals who need reliable, secure packaging.

Please note that the image of the product may vary slightly due to manufacturing materials and processes, but the product's size details will be accurate within tolerances.

Postal Tube 460 x 50 mm – A2 – rigid mailing tubes for protecting A2-sized documents, posters and artwork when rolled.

Approx. internal size: 460 mm length x 50 mm diameter. Supplied in packs of 10 with end caps.

Uses & Applications

• Rolled A2 posters, charts and plans.
• Marketing banners and point-of-sale material.
• Fine art prints and photography sent to customers or galleries.

Suitable For

• Print houses and design studios shipping medium-sized rolled prints.
• Online stores selling posters, artwork and photography.
• Any application where documents must arrive crease-free.

Recommended Tape & Labelling

• Secure each end cap with a ring of 48–50 mm packing tape.
• For heavier contents, add an extra cross of tape over each end.
• Place shipping labels lengthwise along the tube surface to aid scanning.

How to Use

1. Roll the print loosely (not too tight) to avoid cracking ink or laminate.
2. Insert into the tube, protecting edges with tissue or paper if required.
3. Push in the end caps firmly and tape them in place.
4. Label and despatch via your chosen carrier.

FAQs

• Q: Are these strong enough for international post?
  A: Yes – the rigid tube design gives excellent crush resistance, ideal for longer journeys when properly capped and taped.
• Q: Can multiple prints go in one tube?
  A: Yes, if separated by tissue or paper to prevent sticking or abrasion.