I send bulbs with roots and leaves to the UK all the time, and they are classified as live plants on the phytosanitary certificate (dormant bulbs have a different certificate). Diana Telos > Worse yet, the US Post Office's recently upgraded computer system now > tells the clerk that it is prohibited to send plants AND SEEDS to the > UK. However, the clerk has to input the particular designation of the > enclosure to trigger these messages. If you fold your two $20 bills > into your letter or order form, which are documents, and state that > the enclosure is "documents," you are not lying, are you? When a > friend's husband recently tried to mail her "seeds" donation to the > AGS, the officious clerk refused the packet. She contacted an AGS > person who told her to "try a different post office." I suggested > labeling it "botanical materials," and that is not lying either, but > it's probably not on the PO computer. > No, I am not a lawyer, but I have studied philosophy of language and > am always glad to cast a maxim or two at officialdom. > Jane M. > > On 9/29/2015 5:02 PM, penstemon wrote: >> >> Well, it is bulb related, since the money I was planning to send was >> for bulbs. Overseas, which makes a difference. >> (I needed to send some extra money since the bank charges for my >> check were higher than usual.) >> Can’t find anything about Priority International Express, but USPS >> Publication 141, relating to Global International Express, prohibited >> items, number 15, currency and cash. (You can’t send disinterred >> corpses either.) >> Apparently the simplest thing is a wire transfer (costs extra, but >> whatever), which I have never done, preferring to send a check instead. >> Bob Nold >> > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/