# Misleading endorsements — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Misleading endorsements, carrier is Royal Mail / Parcelforce; restriction type is prohibited; scope is UK and International; conditions is Items must not bear unauthorized words, marks or designs which may reasonably lead the recipient to believe the parcel has been sent by Her Majesty's Service, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Misleading endorsements _(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:** Items must not bear unauthorized words, marks or designs which may reasonably lead the recipient to believe the parcel has been sent by Her Majesty's Service. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Misleading Endorsements - Items must not bear words, marks or designs which are unauthorized and which may reasonably lead the recipient to believe that the parcel has been sent by Her Majesty's Service.

## 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/).