[pct-l] Gigapower cannisters and white gas?

[egilroy at comcast.net (Ed Gilroy)]

It is illegal to US mail or express mail white gas via any method, there are
no exceptions. It is legal to mail, properly marked as ORM-D, only the small
110g Gigapower containers via Parcel Post (ground only). The larger
Gigapower containers (250g I believe) exceed the ORM-D mailing limits for a
single container. It is a federal crime to violate these rules. There are
stiff penalties even for the first violation.

  Talk to your local postmaster (not the clerk at the window but the
postmaster) and they can look up the rules for you if you want to check
them. They are also posted on the USPS web site.

   I have ground mailed small Gigapower canisters dozens of times without
problem. They just can't be sent by air.

  Ed


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "william scoular" <wscoular@yahoo.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 2:50 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Gigapower cannisters and white gas?


> I want query the message board to see if anyone has
> ever had problems priority mailing Gigapower canisters
> or MSR white gas to resupplies.  Specifically, has
> anyone ever had his/her package not sent for
> containing these items?   I live in the bush, and it
> seems that any other method other than priority mail
> would be too unreliable or too expensive.  Thanks for
> any responses.
>
> -William
>
>
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