Postage and Insurance

(Information updated May 2010)

 

Fixed charges

UK Europe  Worldwide
Single pack  £2.00   £2.50   £3.00
Double pack £2.50   £3.00   £4.00
Singles (any number) £1   £2.00   £3.00
Ephemera included in price and insured up to £41   ask   ask
Paraphernalia  Postage rates according to weight are shown on the page.
 

 

Insurance overseas  'International signed for' service is used - this costs £4.25 (up to £41 value) or £6.75 (up to £500 value) in addition to the postage charges shown above. You can have rapid Airsure service at £4.90 or £7.40 in addition to postage.
Insurance in UK   up to £41 value is included in the postal costs.
Recorded delivery (signed for)   75p extra (requires a signature on delivery). 
Special Delivery   (insured up to £500).  £5.60 up to 500g, or £6.80 up to 1000g.
Parcel post enhanced insurance   £4.50 postage (up to 2kg) plus £1 (£100 insurance) or £2.25 (£250 insurance).
 

All details of postal costs and insurance are clearly shown on invoices and choices for faster or cheaper services are usually given. Parcels are the responsibility of the purchaser and the postal services when we have posted them according to your instructions. We keep full details of packaging and certificates of posting in case any items are lost or delayed. (In my experience packets that are properly labelled rarely go astray. In 31 years only a few items have been lost in the post, less than 10 - BUT relatively more since 2005, both in the UK and overseas, than before.)