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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2790169, member: 76086&quot;]True.&nbsp; Egypt wants everything back, lock, stock and barrel.&nbsp; Greece wants the Elgin Marbles, the list is endless.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The customs form is fairly clear:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;(6) Enter, if known, the &quot;Country of Origin&quot;, which is the country where the goods originated - i.e., where they were produced/manufactured or assembled.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, Stamps.com, Endicia and others do not ask this (and they are following to the letter the US Postal requirements.&nbsp; They have to in order to retain their status as a postal re-seller).</p><p><br /></p><p>It makes one wonder though.&nbsp; In the US there are strict requirements (some federal, and some state which are more draconian) regarding what you can label as &quot;made in the USA&quot; (I am not aware of requirements regarding anything outside the country).&nbsp; If we took those rules and applied it to customs forms, we would have to declare something else entirely.&nbsp; I am not aware of any mint who had an on-site gold, silver and base metal mine.&nbsp; Sure, there are some mint cities where mines were close, but in the modern world and with all the changing of borders....see where I am getting at here?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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