Counterfeit currency, bank notes and postage stamps · Royal Mail / Post Office
What is the item category for Counterfeit currency, bank notes and postage stamps · Royal Mail / Post Office?
For Counterfeit currency, bank notes and postage stamps · Royal Mail / Post Office, item category is Counterfeit currency, bank notes and postage stamps; carrier is Royal Mail / Post Office; restriction type is prohibited; scope is UK & International; conditions is (except copies of old denominations, which are now obsolete and worthless except for collectable value and cannot be passed as tender) Including any false instrument, or copy of a false instrument (within the meaning of section 5 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981), recorded from its source on 2026-08-30.
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) Including any false instrument, or copy of a false instrument (within the meaning of section 5 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981) International – not allowed in the mail UK – not allowed in the mail
— postoffice.co.uk, retrieved 2026-08-30
- Item category
- Counterfeit currency, bank notes and postage stamps verified
- Carrier
- Royal Mail / Post Office our reading
- Restriction type
- prohibited our reading
- Scope
- UK & International our reading
- Conditions
- (except copies of old denominations, which are now obsolete and worthless except for collectable value and cannot be passed as tender) Including any false instrument, or copy of a false instrument (within the meaning of section 5 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981) verified
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Source
- postoffice.co.ukhttps://www.postoffice.co.uk/mail/what-can-i-send