# Contrivances, water-activated, with burster, expelling charge, or propelling charge — Postal shipping restrictions by item category For Contrivances, water-activated, with burster, expelling charge, or propelling charge, carrier is USPS; restriction type is prohibited; scope is domestic mail (air and surface); conditions is Hazard class 1.3L, UN0249, packing group II; domestic mail air: Prohibited; domestic mail surface: Prohibited, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10. - **Item category:** Contrivances, water-activated, with burster, expelling charge, or propelling charge _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Scope:** domestic mail (air and surface) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Conditions:** Hazard class 1.3L, UN0249, packing group II; domestic mail air: Prohibited; domestic mail surface: Prohibited _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > Contrivances, water-activated, with burster, expelling charge, or propelling charge 1.3L UN0249 II Prohibited Prohibited ## Source - https://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub52/pub52.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/).