It comes as reports say that the strikes could cost Royal Mail far more than had been expected.
The industrial action could end up costing as much as £260m, according to sources quoted in the Sunday Telegraph.
The report blames longer term damage as customers switch to other forms of communication because of the strikes.
It says that by the end of the second 48-hour strike, which began at 0300 BST on Monday, the cost to Royal Mail will have been between £50m and £60m.
But over time, a senior executive estimates that people shunning postal services in favour of electronic forms of communication, so that they will not be affected by future strikes, could cost an extra £200m.
About 130,000 members of the Communication Workers Union are at loggerheads with Royal Mail.
The union has rejected a pay offer of 2.5% and is worried about modernisation plans, which it believes will threaten about 40,000 jobs.
Talks between the union and management continued over the weekend but could not reach agreement.
Royal Mail said that about 35,000 of the 110,000 staff due to work on Friday had come in despite the strike.
It said that they had handled about 45% of mail in the system, although there had been less than usual because the strike had been well publicised.
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