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Type
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Common Exapmples
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Domestic
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International
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Domestic Mail
Pub 52
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Maximum Amount Permitted in Mail
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Additional Information
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Air
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Surface
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Bees
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Honey bees (Queen bees)
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Y
(Queens only)
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Y
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Y
(Queens only)
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526.2
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526.21
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Must be free of disease. Each Queen may be accompanied by up to eight attendant honeybees.
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Adult Birds acceptable
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Geese, turkeys, guinea fowl, doves, pigeons, pheasants, partridges, quail, ducks, chickens, swans
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Y
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Y
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N
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526.4
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526.42
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Approved packaging required. Priority Mail Express® only. Each bird must weigh more than 6 oz., and no more than 25 lbs.
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Adult Birds unacceptable
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All other types of birds not listed above, such as canaries, parakeets, parrots
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N
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N
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N
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526.4
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None
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Prohibited
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Day-old Poultry
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Chicks, ducks, emus, geese, quail, partridges, pheasants (April through August), turkeys
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Y
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Y
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N
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526.3
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526.32
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Day-old poultry vaccinated with Newcastle disease (live virus) is nonmailable.
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Dead Animals
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Dried parts of game birds or fish
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Y
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Y
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N*
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526.7
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526.7
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Includes hides and furs. International mail subject to ICL restrictions/prohibitions.
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Live, cold blooded
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Goldfish, crickets, worms
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Y
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Y
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N
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526.6
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526.6
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Some exceptions.
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Reptiles
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Snakes, turtles
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N
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N
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N
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525.3
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None
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Some exceptions in 526.6.
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Live, warm blooded
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Hamsters, mice, cats, rabbits, dogs, guinea pigs, or rats
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N
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N
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N
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525.2
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None
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Prohibited.
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Scorpions (live)
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Scorpions
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N
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Y
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N
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526.5
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526.5
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Only for medical research or manufacture of antivenin.
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