--- type: restriction id: royal-mail-post-office-counterfeit-currency-bank-notes-and-postage-stamps asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class title: "Counterfeit currency, bank notes and postage stamps — Postal shipping restrictions by item category" sources: - https://www.postoffice.co.uk/mail/what-can-i-send source_quote: "Counterfeit currency, bank notes and postage stamps (except copies of old denominations, which are now obsolete and worthless except for collectable value and cannot be passed as tender)" generated: true harvested: 2026-08-03 stale_after: 2027-08-03 item_category: "Counterfeit currency, bank notes and postage stamps" carrier: "Royal Mail / Post Office" restriction_type: "prohibited" scope: "UK & International" conditions: "except copies of old denominations, which are now obsolete and worthless except for collectable value and cannot be passed as tender" verified: true unverified_fields: carrier, scope --- **Item category:** Counterfeit currency, bank notes and postage stamps **Carrier:** Royal Mail / Post Office **Restriction type:** prohibited **Scope:** UK & International **Conditions:** except copies of old denominations, which are now obsolete and worthless except for collectable value and cannot be passed as tender > Counterfeit currency, bank notes and postage stamps (except copies of old denominations, which are now obsolete and worthless except for collectable value and cannot be passed as tender) Source: