sending money in the mail

Diana Chapman rarebulbs@suddenlink.net
Tue, 29 Sep 2015 19:03:44 PDT
I send bulbs with roots and leaves to the UK all the time, and they are 
classified as live plants on the phytosanitary certificate (dormant 
bulbs have a different certificate).

Diana
Telos

> Worse yet, the US Post Office's recently upgraded computer system now 
> tells the clerk that it is prohibited to send plants AND SEEDS to the 
> UK. However, the clerk has to input the particular designation of the 
> enclosure to trigger these messages. If you fold your two $20 bills 
> into your letter or order form, which are documents, and state that 
> the enclosure is "documents," you are not lying, are you?  When a 
> friend's husband recently tried to mail her "seeds" donation to the 
> AGS, the officious clerk refused the packet. She contacted an AGS 
> person who told her to "try a different post office." I suggested 
> labeling it "botanical materials," and that is not lying either, but 
> it's probably not on the PO computer.
> No, I am not a lawyer, but I have studied philosophy of language and 
> am always glad to cast a maxim or two at officialdom.
> Jane M.
>
> On 9/29/2015 5:02 PM, penstemon wrote:
>>
>> Well, it is bulb related, since the money I was planning to send was 
>> for bulbs. Overseas, which makes a difference.
>> (I needed to send some extra money since the bank charges for my 
>> check were higher than usual.)
>> Can’t find anything about Priority International Express, but USPS 
>> Publication 141, relating to Global International Express, prohibited 
>> items, number 15, currency and cash. (You can’t send disinterred 
>> corpses either.)
>> Apparently the simplest thing is a wire transfer (costs extra, but 
>> whatever), which I have never done, preferring to send a check instead.
>> Bob Nold
>>
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