# Indecent, obscene or offensive articles — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Indecent, obscene or offensive articles, carrier is Royal Mail / Parcelforce; restriction type is prohibited; scope is UK and International; conditions is Indecent or obscene communications, prints, photographs, books or other articles, and parcels bearing grossly offensive, indecent or obscene words, marks or designs are prohibited; items discovered in transit are stopped and handed to Customs or the Police, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Indecent, obscene or offensive articles _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** Royal Mail / Parcelforce _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** UK and International _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Indecent or obscene communications, prints, photographs, books or other articles, and parcels bearing grossly offensive, indecent or obscene words, marks or designs are prohibited; items discovered in transit are stopped and handed to Customs or the Police. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Indecent or obscene communications, prints, photographs, books or other articles, and parcels bearing grossly offensive, indecent or obscene words, marks or designs are prohibited.

## Source

- https://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/media/w5dlus1c/foia-response_foi2025_00179_appendix-d_rm-dangerous-goods-and-prohibited-and-restricted.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).