US Slaps Tariffs on Canadian stamps/covers
A New US tariff, scheduled to hit on August 19 will affect our ability to send Canadian covers to our US customers.
Unlike previous tariffs, which exempted stamps and covers, this one lists Canadian stamps and covers (HTS code 9704.00.000) specifically, along with about 500 other products. This tariff of 50% is a retaliatory tariff against Canada's 25% tariff on US manufactured automobiles, which itself was a retaliatory tariff against the original US tariff on Canadian aluminum, steel and other products.
Bottom line:
- It applies to Canadian products only (NOT shipments from Canada)! and only to shipments to the USA
- As of today (August 12), we can't afford to ship Canadian covers to US customers until this is rescinded.
- If you are in the USA, please do not add Canadian items to your shopping cart - we will be forced to remove them from your order.
- We are hopeful that a deal will be reached before the deadline!
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Canada Post suspends shipments to a list of EU countries
Canada Post is temporarily suspending parcel service to select European Union destinations due to new EU customs requirements for low value shipments.
Please see the News Report below for more information. We will continue to accept your orders, but we will not be able to ship until this is resolved. Our shipping terms to these countries may change.
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BuckaCover and CoverBox uploads coming Monday August 10
August 7, 2026
On Monday August 10 we will upload over 8,000 new covers to the BuckaCover inventory and several hundred new covers to CoverBox. We will activate the CoverBox items at exactly 2:00pm EDT (1800 UTC) and the BuckaCover items at 3:00pm (1900 UTC).
Thanks to our pricing method, not only will there be thousands of fresh new covers, but over 16,000 older covers will be dropping down to the next price level.
We have outlined our pricing process in detail on our "Pricing" page.
Canada Post suspends Parcel Service to a list of EU countries
July 2, 2026
Date posted: July 07, 2026
European Union Destinations: Postal services suspended
Canada Post is temporarily suspending parcel acceptance to select European Union destinations due to new EU customs requirements for low value shipments.
Effective July 1, the European Union introduced:
- A new €3 customs duty per item, in addition to import VAT
- Enhanced item-level data and compliance requirements
Service suspended (until further notice)
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal
Service available (DDU destinations)
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Canada Post will continue to accept shipments to destinations where Delivered Duties Unpaid (DDU) remains operationally feasible while working to implement compliant solutions across impacted markets.
We are monitoring the situation closely and will provide updates as new information becomes available.
Update on US tariffs
Sept. 12, 2025
We have solved the issues with the new US customs declaration rules. The good news is that all of our shipments to the USA are free of duty and tariffs. The bad news (only for us) is that the changes in the required customs declaration will cause a great deal more work on our end when preparing shipments, so our shipping times may be delayed a bit.
We had to reprogram our site to provide a "Country of Origin" for all 80,000 covers. We're still working on the last 15,000. You may notice some of your favorite categories in BuckaCover temporarily missing -- the ones where there are a bunch of different countries grouped together, especially topical categories. We're working on it - they will be back soon.
We have had to slightly increase our US shipping fee. It will now be a flat rate of $5 for all shipments up to $75 (up from $3 for $25-$75 shipments).
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