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silverhunter Posts: 704 Registered: Jul 2007	posted 06-01-2008 09:01 AM Is there somebody who is able to give some information about posting postal parcels from USA to Europa. The reason why I ask this is that I will try this for the first time. So I don't have a lot of information about this. Some questions about this posting are: Is it necessary to insurance the parcel? Do you have to pay taxes when it is imported? How long will it take out of America to Holland? Which important thinks I have to think about? Thank you very much, Silverhunter. IP: Logged
Clive E Taylor Posts: 450 Registered: Jul 2000	posted 06-01-2008 09:51 AM I can only advise as regards the UK, but I think it will probably be very much the same for the rest of the European Community. As far as I know there is no requirement to insure a package, but if it gets lost, do not ask for compensation! Knowing postal insurance it's probably a waste of time even if insured. You will need to make out a declaration for Customs purposes, the form will be given you by your carrier or postal service. This will ask for brief description of contents, whether a gift or commercial item and the value. So far its easy. Some counties totally ban the postal import of silver. I know Austria is one. Some can be very pernickety and insist on an assay and marking done on even small antique items. The UK does not bother, but I have an idea the Netherlands may do so. In the UK if the item is declared at any figure under around USD 35 (£17) it is allowed in free of duty and VAT. But if they open a package and find a few thousand pounds worth - everyone is in deep trouble. Antique silver imported into the UK, like all antique items, now carries a 5% duty. Unfair, especially as the items I get in are all English made originally! The killer however is that you also pay a handling fee, which last time was around USD 50. So an item I imported at a declared value of USD 40 cost me USD 2 duty, plus USD 50 handling. And this takes them weeks to sort out. It made the item, which was worth at most USD 50 very expensive! I find avoiding using the word silver, and calling everything "collectable vintage secondhand XXXX" saves many problems. But anything major mis-description could lead you into problems . IP: Logged
silverhunter Posts: 704 Registered: Jul 2007	posted 06-01-2008 11:37 AM Clive E Taylor, Thank you a lot for your good information. I'm helped a lot with it. Good to know all these facts. The object it concerns, I can buy in New York and has for me any historical value. It's a Chinese dish with a silver handle. The dish (17th century)is repaired but that doesn't matter, the handle is recognized for dutch production.(silver mark with the walking lion and the figure 2, 833/1000 silver, second alloy. The handle is made in the early 19th century. So it is a combination of two styles, Chinese ceramic and silver. I will also visit the post-office to get still more information but I'm helped with yours, a lot. Greetings Silverhunter! IP: Logged
Dale Posts: 2132 Registered: Nov 2002	posted 06-02-2008 02:29 AM Holland is the one place I have had packages go astray. A large tray spent 8 months wandering the countryside before being delivered. Insurance is a means of making the Post Office pay attention to the package. Insured items are taken more seriously than uninsured. It increases the chance of going through. IP: Logged
silverhunter Posts: 704 Registered: Jul 2007	posted 06-03-2008 12:15 PM Dale, Thank you for your good information also, I'm beginning to doubt if I will and can wait for such a long period. But now I know all about the way it goes with the post, so I'm helped a lot. André. IP: Logged

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