I had one package which was supposedly sent to me by someone in Europe.
It was a trade, it never arrived.  He tried to track it from his end but I
do not know if he found where it went astray.  I have sent 4 or 5 packages
to a someone in Italy.  The packages were fossil mollusks, the boxes were
labeled shell for scientific study, no value, and had a US Customs
Declaration sticker on them.  One box was held up in Italian Customs, but
eventually was released.  The others made it through with no difficulty.
I've received several shipments of shells from Italy and South Africa with
no problems.
 
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm, Jr
Research Associate - Section of Invertebrate Zoology
                     Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Assistant Professor - Family Medicine
 
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