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Help with sending valuables and money abroad
How to send valuables, money and jewellery securely
If you're sending valuables, money or jewellery to another country, we recommend that you use one of our international priority services: International Tracked, International Signed or International Tracked and Signed.
These services are available with extra compensation cover. The maximum compensation for loss or damage to international mail containing money is £100.
Packaging
We recommend you package money securely and take care to make sure it's not visible through the envelope. Don't indicate on the outside of the packaging that money is inside.
Coins should not be sent in envelopes - our automated sorting machines may damage envelopes containing coins, which can lead to delays and even loss.
Countries you can't send money to
Many countries don't allow money to be sent through their postal networks. Royal Mail can't accept liability for loss or damage to mail items containing money which are sent to these destinations:
- Armenia
- Australia
- Belarus
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- China (excluding Hong Kong and Macao)
- Comoros
- Cuba
- Czech Republic
- Dominican Republic
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- India
- Iran
- Italy
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Kazakhstan
- Laos (People's Democratic Republic of)
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Montenegro
- Namibia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Poland
- Rwanda
- Serbia
- Saudi Arabia
- Spain
- Swaziland
- Tajikistan
- Uganda
- USA (unless sent by International Tracked & Signed)
- Uzbekistan
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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