# Counterfeit currency, bank notes and postage stamps — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Counterfeit currency, bank notes and postage stamps, carrier is Royal Mail Wholesale (Access customers); restriction type is prohibited; scope is UK; conditions is Including any false instrument within the meaning of section 5 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, except copies of obsolete old denominations that cannot be passed as tender, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Counterfeit currency, bank notes and postage stamps _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** Royal Mail Wholesale (Access customers) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** UK _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Including any false instrument within the meaning of section 5 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, except copies of obsolete old denominations that cannot be passed as tender. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Including any false instrument, or copy of a false instrument (within the meaning of section 5 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981) except copies of old denominations, which are now obsolete and worthless except for collectable value and cannot be passed as tender.

## Source

- https://www.royalmailwholesale.com/mint-project/uploads/233157117.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/).