I have used this on 50 or better recent shipments with no problems. A note
of caution, if you insure the shipment it may be used to assess a duty on
the shells. We accidentally put 500.00 of insurance on a shipment and the
customer was charged 50 dollars to retrieve the parcel.

Bob & Rosemary
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> From: Linda Bush <[log in to unmask]>
> Organization: Charter Communications
> Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 12:20:11 -0500
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Overseas Packages
>
> Hello, everybody, from snowy St. Louis!  But I`m afraid it will not snow
> enough toget me out of work tomorrow (I am a church organist).   But about the
> main subject; it has been a long time since I was sending shells out of the
> country.  We used to write on the customs form "seashells for scientific
> study; no commercial value."  Is this the best thing to write now, or what
> should I put?  Thanks ahead of time,  Linda