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Message:: [QUOTE="Registered Mail, post: 759213, member: 21936"]Registered Mail Declarations Hello all, I just read all the comments regarding shipping cash, coins and collectables, please allow me to give you my comments. As the primary SME for Registered Mail, I was on the Headquarters team that sat down in Washington, DC and wrote and/or updated all the rules and regulations regarding Registered Mail. To begin with, there are little to no restrictions for sending currency, coins and collectables in the Registered Mail system. However, I would not recommend trying to defraud a government agency by not telling the truth about the actual value of the shipment. One particular business tried it in the past, and when their shipment was delayed, they filed a complaint that let to the Postal Inspection Service investigation of the delay. It was discover that the business was not declaring the proper values of their shipments as described in the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) below and they were given a letter of demand for tens of thousands of dollars of back Registered Mail fees. As you can see Money must declared as the Full actual Value. Precious Metal, Jewelry, Gems and Other Merchandise are declared at the actual Market Value or Cost. The customer has NO choice to claim a lesser value unless they aren’t concerned about committing fraud. If the Postal employee feels that the customer is not telling the truth, the shipment can be refused. See section 2.3.1 of the DMM below…Domestic Mail Manual: 2.3 Fees and Liability 2.3.1 Full Value Regardless of any insurance that may cover the article, the mailer must always declare its full value to the USPS when presenting it for registration and mailing (see chart below). The mailer must tell the USPS clerk (or enter on the firm sheet if a firm mailer) the full value of mail matter presented for registration. Private insurance carried on Registered Mail does not modify the requirements for declaring the full value. The accepting USPS employee may ask the mailer to show that the full value of the matter presented is declared, and may refuse to accept the matter as Registered Mail if a satisfactory declaration of value is not provided. Only articles of no value may be mailed as Registered Mail without insurance. 　 #mail matter # value to be declared # Negotiable Instrument (instruments payable to bearer, including stock certificates endorsed in blank) #Market value (value based on value at time of mailing) # Nonnegotiable Instrument [registered bonds, warehouse receipts, checks, drafts, deeds, wills, abstracts, and similar documents (certificates of stock considered nonnegotiable so far as declaration of value is concerned unless endorsed in blank)] #No value or replacement cost if postal insurance coverage desired<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/%20Footnote_1_1209401" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/%20Footnote_1_1209401">1</a> # Money #Full value # Jewelry, Gems, Precious Metal #Market value or cost # Merchandise #Market value or cost # Nonvaluable (matter without intrinsic value such as letters, files, records) #No value or replacement cost if postal insurance coverage desired 1   A mailer who does not know replacement costs should contact a person or firm familiar with such documents and determine replacement costs before mailing the articles. [/QUOTE]

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