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Airmail M-Bags™

 

Send large amounts of printed matter overseas. Airmail M-Bags can hold up to 66 lbs. Printed matter is anything on paper that isn’t correspondence or a bill. This usually includes printed words, images, and characters.

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Features

  • Affordable solution for sending printed material overseas
  • Can hold up to 66 lbs

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Airmail M-Bags

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  • Weight limit is 66 lbs.

  • Can include printed material—newspapers, magazines, journals, books, sheet music, catalogs, directories, commercial advertising, and promotional matter. Can also include commercial samples or informational materials as long as they are related to the host piece and cannot be resold.

  • Can also include commercial samples or informational materials as long as they aren’t resold.

  • Most hazardous materials cannot be shipped. What’s considered hazardous?

  • With few exceptions, cigarettes and smokeless tobacco shipments cannot be mailed.
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  • There is no minimum weight, but any M-Bag under 11 lbs will be charged at the 11-lb price. The combined weight of each piece of printed matter and its related materials cannot exceed 4 lbs.

  • The M-Bag must include a full customs declaration.

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