# Gases (compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure) — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Gases (compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure), carrier is Royal Mail Wholesale (Access customers); restriction type is prohibited; scope is UK; conditions is All flammable compressed gases (butane, lighters and refills, propane), all toxic compressed gases (chlorine, fluorine), and all non-flammable compressed gases (air bags, scuba tanks, carbon dioxide, fire extinguishers) are prohibited, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Gases (compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure) _(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:** All flammable compressed gases (butane, lighters and refills, propane), all toxic compressed gases (chlorine, fluorine), and all non-flammable compressed gases (air bags, scuba tanks, carbon dioxide, fire extinguishers) are prohibited. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1. All flammable compressed gases are prohibited e.g. blowlamps; butane; lighters and refills containing flammable liquid or gas; ethane; gas cylinders for camping stoves; hydrogen; methane and propane. 2. All toxic compressed gases are prohibited e.g. chlorine; fluorine etc. 3. All non-flammable compressed gases are prohibited e.g. air bags; scuba tanks, carbon dioxide; fire extinguishers; neon and nitrogen.

## 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/).