PROHIBITED ARTICLES VIA MAIL
These goods can be deadly, injure seriously or kill people and damage property and the environment (UPU 2014).
These items are not accepted in mail items:
*Explosives (e.g. fireworks)
*Aerosol spray cans and other compressed gases
*Perfumes
*Rum
*Oil paints and other flammable products
*Corrosive materials such as mercury.
*Lithium batteries
Dangerous Goods and Prohibited Items
Prohibited articles are any postal items that contain:
*Living creatures – except those approved by the relevant authority
*Any obscene or immoral article
*Filth
*Radio-active material, whether in solid, liquid or gaseous state
*Pathological specimens except those approved by the relevant authority
*Currency or bank notes whether counterfeit or not.
Contains or bears…
*Fictitious stamp
*Counterfeit impression of a franking machine
*Counterfeit of any impression authorised by or under the Post Office’s regulations, to be used to denote payment of postage fees
Metal fastener with sharp edges likely:
*To cause injury to an officer of the Barbados Postal Service dealing with such article
*To obstruct or impede the performance of any postal operation
For more information on prohibited articles and inland/overseas Letter Post regulations, contact your nearest post office.