I'm going the send a registered letter to Costa Rica and probably need to fill in customs Declaration (CN22)
What is the best way to fill this?
First of all I think to mark as gift
As content I'm thinking about "collect item" instead of coins, because in some countries it's not allowed to in- or export money?
And the value? My coins have a catalog value of +/- $150, but I don't want that the receiver have to pay tax, or something else. Registered in NL is insured to max 45€, but if I fill in a value of 15$, will that have impact on the insurance in case the letter will be lost?
I don't know how the other countries handle insurance for shipping coins. In Canada, registered insurance is not cover some items (including coins) in case the mail have been lost......
Verweis 7.2 Liability Coverage
Canada Post shall have no liability for loss, damage or rifling of Registered Mail (U.S.A. and International) items containing banknotes, stocks, bonds, coupons or other securities negotiable by the bearer, lottery tickets, travellers’ cheques, coins, jewellery, manufactured and non-manufactured precious metals, precious stones, gold bullion, gold dust or cancelled or uncancelled postage stamps. Indemnity may not be claimed for expenses incurred by the sender in submitting the indemnity claim or for the fees paid for the option.
NOTE: Additional Liability Coverage is not available.
Good point about the little clause that many Postal services' insurance policies do not cover coins or currencies. When you try to claim on that insurance, they'll quickly inform you of this. There are some external insurers to postal services that do insure coins. I've never used them myself, but I've heard about them. Some big auction houses also use them.
I normally describe the content as numismatic material.
It's a risk we take...
I loved the metal parts - engraved discs idea. Fantastic!
This could actually work very very well, since when they suspect that there is an item in an envelope they run it through a scanner and that scanner reveals the shape of the contents. So by saying numismatic material and then seeing that there's a round metal thing... it won't stop them from investigating the package further. They'll naturally assume there's a coin to which they can charge tax. Whereas, the disk descriptor could circumvent further investigation.
I have sent several packages to Latin America and Russia, plus some countries outside the EU from the EU (Hungary); they never asked me to fill out anything like this and the coins have arrived without any problems.
So, I am a bit confused, do I do anything wrong?
I think it depends of post official, I also send coins worldwide and sometimes official ask for custom declaration and sometimes not; once even for EU, but usually for non EU country.
I estimate it was for about 20 percent when I sent outside EU that I had to wrote such form.
In Ireland if my coins are in usual size envelope, they don't ask me to fill in customs declaration sticker.
If I pack them into bubble - envelope, which makes them a parcel, they always ask me to fill it out. Regardless if it is EU country or not. It also states something about aviation rules on it, that I sign that there's no prohibited items in pack, for example liquids, explosives (haha), etc.
Verweis : elvis123For customs declaration I always declare the item as hobby supplies, mark it is a gift and put a value of $10 to $20 depending on what is inside.
Hello,
I sent multiple items via USPS express international in one package and declared some of them as brass coin or medallion. The package is going to Europe. Could that be a problem? It was processed through USPS - JAMAICA NY INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER and the last entry reads The item is currently in transit to the destination. I paid a lot for the shipping and estimated delivery is 5-6 days so after 7 day it should have arrived. Wondering if anything is wrong with the declaration. Any ideas? Thank you
Verweis : "Martin737"Hello,
I sent multiple items via USPS express international in one package and declared some of them as brass coin or medallion. The package is going to Europe. Could that be a problem? It was processed through USPS - JAMAICA NY INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER and the last entry reads The item is currently in transit to the destination. I paid a lot for the shipping and estimated delivery is 5-6 days so after 7 day it should have arrived. Wondering if anything is wrong with the declaration. Any ideas? Thank you
I wouldn't worry at this point because with the USPS an estimated delivery is just an estimate. Often, they are way off the target date for a variety of reasons. As far as declarations, you may be better off stating "hobby items" or "tokens" in the future. I avoid the term "coins" because that can give customs reason to inspect the package.
Verweis : "harryg"I wouldn't worry at this point because with the USPS an estimated delivery is just an estimate. Often, they are way off the target date for a variety of reasons. As far as declarations, you may be better off stating "hobby items" or "tokens" in the future. I avoid the term "coins" because that can give customs reason to inspect the package.
Thank you Harry for your prompt reply and the suggestion. The package and the items in it are declared as a gift, and most of them described as Award medallions, except for one "brass coin. " . The package was shipped on 06/29/2021 and last status is from 07/02/2021 Processed Through Regional Facility JAMAICA NY INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER Your item was processed through our JAMAICA NY INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER facility on July 2, 2021 at 10:36 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination.
