Send your valuable items securely

The following is a list of items considered by all postal organisations to be "valuable items":

• Coins
• Travellers cheques
• Securities of any kind payable to bearer
• Platinum, gold or silver - manufactured or not
• Jewels
• Other articles of high intrinsic value
• Precious stones, which means all valuable natural mineral stone, silica or substances extracted from the group, whether in their natural state or refined, processed, set or treated, and includes semi-precious stones and any other natural or synthetic mineral, stone, silica or substance whether in a natural state, cut or uncut, refined, processed, set or treated.

Some countries will not accept valuable items into their mail system whatsoever. Other countries may accept them only if insured, and some may accept valuable items in some services but not others.

Australia Post prohibits bullion and bank notes, including all Australian notes of whatever issue or denomination, and the bank notes or currency notes of any other country. This prohibition applies even if the destination country accepts valuables.

Details of how each country accepts valuable items is available in the International Post Guide.

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