Effective June 20, 2019, the Postal Service™ is revising the Individual Country Listing for Venezuela in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to note that Venezuela is prohibiting certain valuable articles.
These revisions are based on a formal request that Instituto Postal Telegráfico de Venezuela (IPOSTEL) made through the Universal Postal Union via International Bureau Circular 65, dated April 22, 2019.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Venezuela
Country Conditions for Mailing
Prohibitions
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[Revise the third and fourth entries to read as follows (adding postage stamps to the third entry and debit cards to the fourth entry):]
Coins; banknotes; currency notes (paper money); traveler’s checks; securities payable to bearer; postage stamps; platinum, gold, and silver (manufactured or not); precious stones; jewelry; and other valuable articles.
Credit cards and debit cards.
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Although effective on June 20, 2019, the Postal Service will incorporate these revisions into a later edition of the online IMM (following the June 23, 2019, edition). The IMM is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification, Marketing, 6-20-19
