What type of mail can you send?

You may send:
You can send any type of correspondence authorised by the Universal Postal Union Convention (article 8)

• Any type of customised mail: letters, bank statements, invoices, etc.
• Any type of non-customised printed matter: magazines, direct mail, catalogues, press, brochures, etc.
• Enclosed items like CD-ROMs, compact discs, audio cassettes/tapes which are included on the front of a magazine. These items should not have any commercial value.

You may not send:

• Correspondence from a sender who resides in the destination country
  (Article 25, UPU Convention)
• Correspondence containing any kind of valuables:
  coins, banknotes, cheques, travellers cheques, precious metals, precious stones (Article 26, UPU Convention)
• Correspondence containing:
  - narcotics and/or mind-altering substances
  - explosive substances, flammable and/or hazardous materials
  - items or printed matter for which import and circulation are forbidden in the destination country (request information directly from the destination country)
  - obscene or immoral items or printed matter (request information directly from the destination country)
  - animals or live insects
• items a commercial value
• items liable to VAT or customs duties
• items with particular and/or dangerous characteristics.