Overseas Shipping Advice

Hey everyone,

I'm thinking of expanding my swapping internationally and was wondering what some more experienced swappers would suggest I do as far as which service to select, how to package, what to expect when sending to different countries, etc.

There are some places I've decided not to send to, but I'd be comfortable with most of Europe. However, if there are certain countries with notoriously bad postage, I'd like to know so I can add it to my list of places to avoid.

Any other advice or anything I might be forgetting, please let me know.

Thanks,
Rob

Latvia- safe to send. So, You are wellcome!
Fix coins, that they are not shaking and creating any noise. That's all.

K

As Kaspars already said just be sure the coin are not shaking and the envelope is safely glued but also don't wrap them in too much tape (and for sure not directly on the coins how I got few packages ).

From Croatia I swapped with the US and Canda both registered and regular mail, no problems so far. Just put the coins between 2 pieces of cardboard so the post service can't tell there are coins inside. ;)

Thanks for the tips, guys!

I like to put the coins inside plastic coin/card sleeves and then tape them inside a greeting card then tape the card shut to keep them all secure. Then you just slide the card inside the envelope and mail it first class.



Its cheap and safe plus doesn't draw much attention.

Matt

Finland is one of the safest countries in the world, regarding mailing also. I have made +500 swaps already. I usually pack using bubble envelope, wear coins in aluminium folio and then within cardboard. Coins don't move and it is impossible to guess what is inside the envelope. I prefer priority mail and to many countries that is enough safe mailing method. I always took few photos of coins I'm sending. I have mailed many times to USA, without any problems. South America is a bit more complicated as is Africa and Middle east. I do use registered mail if the package contains coins worth more than 50 eur, then I don't need to worry that much and I can follow the package.