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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2980161, member: 76086&quot;]Most people are not aware of new sweeping international agreements which have affected shipping rates.&nbsp; Gone are the days of inexpensive shipping.&nbsp; Most governments have agreed to a new standard in which all merchandise can only be shipped via parcel rates.&nbsp; No longer can one send a coin in an envelope (whatever size or weight) and have the contents shipped at that rate.&nbsp; Now, only valueless documents can be shipped that way.&nbsp; If there is merchandise contained within the parcel the rates start at around $13-15. There isn&#039;t any going around this unless one misrepresents the customs forms (which I will not do).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There is certain the be a learning period here, and some packages may be delayed while the various services (postal systems) learn. I have no doubt some packages may be sent back for due postage, others may fly through with no issues.&nbsp; But, as I mentioned, it is a learning curve.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, one can drop a coin in a regular envelope and only pay a couple dollars postage, but it wont have tracking and wont pass the Ebay or Paypal standards for tracking.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Its a bummer, but it is what is now standard.&nbsp; We will all have to adjust.&nbsp; For US regulations, see:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://blog.stamps.com/2017/12/26/important-usps-making-changes-first-class-mail-international-flats/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://blog.stamps.com/2017/12/26/important-usps-making-changes-first-class-mail-international-flats/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.stamps.com/2017/12/26/important-usps-making-changes-first-class-mail-international-flats/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Since this change I have had no orders outside the US.&nbsp; Normally I would have roughly 50% non-US orders.&nbsp; I think they have killed the business for lower price coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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