Dealers are facing the brunt of the cost with Canada Post enforcing a rule focused on lettermail, specifically pieces of mail with stiff inserts to protect valuable contents such as stamps and coins, mailed to the United States and other international destinations. While the rule dates back to early 2021, when international postal regulations required Canada Post to provide “electronic advanced data” to the destination customs agency, the Crown corporation failed to elaborate on when or how it informed its customers, including small businesses such as stamp dealers. “Letter-post items, including registered mail, being delivered outside of Canada must only contain letters and documents made of paper or similar materials and be of no value,” said Canada Post media relations manager Phil Rogers. “Letter-post items cannot contain goods and merchandise of any kind, such as postage stamps, sports cards and coins.” Continue reading →
Since the beginning of 2021, international regulations have mandated that Canada Post provide all destination customs agencies with ‘electronic advanced data’ for any items containing goods mailed outside of Canada. Recently, stamp, coin, and trading card dealers have experienced an increase in returned letters from Canada Post. (Online photo from Reddit)
