Sending Valuable Items

Senders must obtain Extra Cover for all valuable items. Some countries will not accept valuable items into their mail system whatsoever, other countries may accept them if insured, and some countries accept valuable items in certain services but not others.

Details about how each country accepts valuable items are available in the International Post Guide.

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.

Australia Post prohibits bullion and bank notes and coins in all international services, including all Australian notes of whatever issue or denomination, and the bank notes or currency notes of any other country, and coins in Australian and all foreign currencies, as well as coins made from precious metals whether or not such coins have a denomination. This prohibition applies even if the destination country accepts valuables.

Details about how each country accepts valuable items are available in the International Post Guide.

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