US Restrictions:
5.1Mailability
Knives (including sharp-pointed instruments such as stilettos that
lack cutting edges) with a blade that opens automatically by hand
pressure applied to a button or other device in the handle, or by
operations of inertia, gravity, or both, or with a detachable blade
propelled by a spring-operated mechanism, are mailable only when sent
to:
a. The respective government?s or organization?s designated supply or
procurement officers and employees ordering, procuring, or buying such
knives for use with the activities of the federal government; the
National Guard, the Air National Guard, or the militia of a state,
territory, or the District of Columbia; or the municipal government of
the District of Columbia or of the government of any state or
territory, or of any county, city, or other political subdivision of a
state or territory.
b. Manufacturers of such knives, or bona fide dealers of such knives,
in connection with a shipment made under an order from any person
designated in 5.1a.
http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm/C024.htm#Raq22450
Australian Restrictions:
Country Conditions for Mailing - Australia
Prohibitions (130)
Coins; bank notes; currency notes (paper money); securities of any
kind payable to bearer; traveler's checks; platinum, gold, and silver
(manufactured or not); precious stones; jewelry; and other valuable
articles are prohibited.
Fruit cartons (used or new).
Goods bearing the name "Anzac."
Goods produced wholly or partly in prisons or by convict labor.
Perishable infectious biological substances.
Radioactive materials.
Registered philatelic articles with fictitious addresses.
Seditious literature.
Silencers for firearms.
Used bedding.
Restrictions
Meat and other animal products; powdered or concentrated milk; and
other dairy products requires permission to import from the Australian
quarantine authorities.
Permission of the Australian Director-General of Health is required to
import medicines.
http://pe.usps.gov/text/imm/immicl/immiclab_012.html
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