Vintage Betty
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I ran across this on the USPS website today, and was wondering how Italians collect antiques from other countries? What are your thoughts?
Shipping Prohibitions and Restrictions
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Prohibitions: Albums of any kind (of photographs, postcards, postage stamps, etc.). Articles of platinum or gold; jewelry; and other valuable articles unless sent as insured packages. Artificial flowers and fruits and accessories for them. Bells and other musical instruments and parts thereof. Cartridge caps; cartridges. Clocks and supplies for clocks. Compound medicaments and medicines. Coral mounted in any way. Ether and chloroform. Exposed photographic and cinematographic films. Footwear of any kind. Haberdashery and sewn articles of any kind, including trimmings and lace; handkerchiefs; scarves; shawls, needlework including stockings and gloves; bonnets, caps, and hats of any kind. Hair and articles made of hair. Leather goods. Lighters and their parts, including lighter flints. Live bees, leeches, and silkworms. Nutmeg, vanilla; sea salt, rock salt; saffron. Perfumery goods of all kinds (except soap). Playing cards of any kind. Postage stamps in sealed or unsealed letters. Radioactive materials. Ribbons for typewriters. Live bees, leeches, and silkworms. Parasites and predators of harmful insects. Roasted or ground coffee and its substitutes; roasted chicory. Saccharine and all products containing saccharine. Salted, smoked or otherwise prepared meats; fats; and lard. Tobacco. Toys not made wholly of wood. Treated skins and furs. Weapons of any kind and spare parts for them. Live plants and animals. Arms and weapons. Human remains. Restrictions: Coins; bank notes; currency notes (paper money); traveler's checks; jewelry; and other precious or valuable articles must be enclosed in an insured parcel post package in order to be mailable to addressees in Italy. Postage stamps for philatelic purposes are admitted in registered letter-post shipments on condition that the package bears a completed Form 2976 and the addressee complies with the Italian financial regulations
Shipping Prohibitions and Restrictions
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Prohibitions: Albums of any kind (of photographs, postcards, postage stamps, etc.). Articles of platinum or gold; jewelry; and other valuable articles unless sent as insured packages. Artificial flowers and fruits and accessories for them. Bells and other musical instruments and parts thereof. Cartridge caps; cartridges. Clocks and supplies for clocks. Compound medicaments and medicines. Coral mounted in any way. Ether and chloroform. Exposed photographic and cinematographic films. Footwear of any kind. Haberdashery and sewn articles of any kind, including trimmings and lace; handkerchiefs; scarves; shawls, needlework including stockings and gloves; bonnets, caps, and hats of any kind. Hair and articles made of hair. Leather goods. Lighters and their parts, including lighter flints. Live bees, leeches, and silkworms. Nutmeg, vanilla; sea salt, rock salt; saffron. Perfumery goods of all kinds (except soap). Playing cards of any kind. Postage stamps in sealed or unsealed letters. Radioactive materials. Ribbons for typewriters. Live bees, leeches, and silkworms. Parasites and predators of harmful insects. Roasted or ground coffee and its substitutes; roasted chicory. Saccharine and all products containing saccharine. Salted, smoked or otherwise prepared meats; fats; and lard. Tobacco. Toys not made wholly of wood. Treated skins and furs. Weapons of any kind and spare parts for them. Live plants and animals. Arms and weapons. Human remains. Restrictions: Coins; bank notes; currency notes (paper money); traveler's checks; jewelry; and other precious or valuable articles must be enclosed in an insured parcel post package in order to be mailable to addressees in Italy. Postage stamps for philatelic purposes are admitted in registered letter-post shipments on condition that the package bears a completed Form 2976 and the addressee complies with the Italian financial regulations
