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Jewellery postage

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  • 03-03-2012 2:33am
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    shangri la
    Registered Users Posts: 952 ✭✭✭


    I want to mail a necklace to america from dublin and send it by insured registered mail.

    Im wondering if I can do this as someone told me I cant send jewellery by mail.


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    silja
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭silja


    You can send it, but you cannot insure it: http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/MainContent/Personal+Customers/Sending+Mail/Security/Registered+Post+International.htm


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    SamShadow
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭SamShadow


    For people coming to this post at a later juncture, the An Post website does indeed currently say that jewellery is not covered by insurance:

    "The following items will be accepted for Registered Post but are not insured:

    Bank drafts
    Cash and coins
    Documents
    Glass and other fragile items
    Jewellery
    Passports
    Precious metals such as platinum, gold or silver
    Vouchers with a monetary face value"

    What is slightly strange is that their guide to postal services ("Effective from 1st July 2015") available at:

    http://www.anpost.ie/anpost/downloads/anpost/guide_to_postal_services.pdf

    states that "Jewellery sent using Registered Post can only be insured up to a maximum weight of 2kg in the Republic of Ireland."

    So, this seems to be an exception; granted it would have not been of any help to the original poster as they were sending to America.

    Not sure whether this guide is still valid but I can't find a later version.

    I have been able to find a service called Secursus that offers insurance at 0.6% of declared value (subject to a minimum of €5). They list jewellery as a risky item but it is covered (see https://www.secursus.com/terms-and-conditions.php ).

    Unfortunately they do not cover "minted coins" so the search goes on for someone that covers this. From what I can see DHL, Fedex or UPS might be possibilities but I need to research further.


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