The non-permitted method Janet describes will work some of the time, because the inspectors don't check everything, but if the envelope happens to be inspected, it will be destroyed in the USA or Australia; not sure what happens in Canada. In addition, Australia requires that a list of all species being sent be included in the envelope. (So does New Zealand.) If Janet does add a Customs declaration, it may of course be "correctly labelled" as, say, "Dry botanical materials" or "taxonomic research samples" rather than "seeds." A polysyllabic word probably helps. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA now spending hours in the Post Office in order to get foreign shipments of NARGS exchange seed legally processed. Yesterday it took 45 minutes for 8 "small parcels" to be input. On 3/7/2017 6:43 AM, JANET MILLER wrote: > When I send iris seeds to America/Canada/Australia etc all I do is stick on a customs declaration label, make sure that everything is correctly labelled then post as > usual via Royal Mail large letter post. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >