Shipping and Handling
Right now I'm paging through international mailing restrictions for various countries on the United States postal site. Most of the prohibited items make a lot of sense (no weapons, radioactive material, etc.) but some of them are unexpected and sound almost funny.
Did you know that Bulgaria prohibits "musical" cards (cards that play a sound recording when opened)?
No shipping butter-substitutes to Canada.
No feeding bottles, or funeral urns to France.
Don't send playing cards (except in complete decks properly wrapped) to Germany.
No weights or measures not of the metric system to Guinea.
No toys made of lead to Iceland. (Please don't send them anywhere else either! :-P )
Don't try to send a photo album to Italy. They have a lot of restrictions and prohibit all footwear and hats, and many other clothing and needlework items. Oh, and hair too. (?)
Kazakhstan prohibits deer horns, hooves and antlers.
Many countries prohibit bees and leeches, but Latvia prohibits all live animals except these two.
Paraguay prohibits stockings and socks, except those made of jersey.
Peru should, perhaps, have a list of things they do allow. Their prohibited list is quite lengthy.
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Did you know that Bulgaria prohibits "musical" cards (cards that play a sound recording when opened)?
No shipping butter-substitutes to Canada.
No feeding bottles, or funeral urns to France.
Don't send playing cards (except in complete decks properly wrapped) to Germany.
No weights or measures not of the metric system to Guinea.
No toys made of lead to Iceland. (Please don't send them anywhere else either! :-P )
Don't try to send a photo album to Italy. They have a lot of restrictions and prohibit all footwear and hats, and many other clothing and needlework items. Oh, and hair too. (?)
Kazakhstan prohibits deer horns, hooves and antlers.
Many countries prohibit bees and leeches, but Latvia prohibits all live animals except these two.
Paraguay prohibits stockings and socks, except those made of jersey.
Peru should, perhaps, have a list of things they do allow. Their prohibited list is quite lengthy.
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