Items Not Protected During Courier

There are many items which can be carried through courier, but will not qualify for protection. This could be due to the item/s being fragile, or that the item/s would cost too much to insure, therefore alternate arrangements should be made to carry these items. Below is a comprehensive list of non-protected items (please note that this is not a full list of all items not protected through courier).

If you are unsure whether your courier item qualifies for protection, click here for assistance.


Non protected items during courier

  • 1 Boilers
  • 2 Bulbs
  • 3 Camera (see Projector)
  • 4 Car Panel
  • 5 Ceramics
  • 6 Chandelier
  • 7 Chocolates
  • 8 Coffee Machines
  • 9 Computer Monitor
  • 10 Concrete/Granite
  • 11 Confectionery ( including chocolates and other perishable goods)
  • 12 Delicate Items
  • 13 Detergent
  • 14 Diamonds
  • 15 Dinner Service
  • 16 Documents
  • 17 Fiberglass
  • 18 Figurine
  • 19 Fish Tank
  • 20 Fishing Rods
  • 21 Fragile Items (all)
  • 22 Painting
  • 23 Framed Photograph
  • 24 Glassware ( including bottles / glasses / vase / crystal or otherwise)
  • 25 Gold
  • 26 Hamper
  • 27 Headlight (including Tail lights for all types of vehicles including cars & bikes)
  • 28 Jewellery
  • 29 Lamp(s) with or without lampshades
  • 30 Lenses (contact and glasses)
  • 31 Lights or any form of Lighting
  • 32 Marble
  • 33 Mirror ( see glass)
  • 34 Monitor (including all in one PC)
  • 35 Ornament (religious and or commercial and or hand made
  • 36 Packaging/Media Packaging
  • 37 Painting (s) – framed and non-framed
  • 38 Perishable Goods.
  • 39 Pewter Figures
  • 40 Photographs (framed or non-framed)
  • 41 Plates ( bone China or otherwise)
  • 42 Porcelain
  • 43 Poster (see Photographs)
  • 44 Pottery (included Pots and vases)
  • 45 Projector (both old and new styles including overhead, and table mounted)
  • 46 Reading Glasses (spectacles)
  • 47 Real Fur
  • 48 Resin
  • 49 Scanner (see projector)
  • 50 Sewing/Knitting Machine
  • 51 Silver
  • 52 SIM Cards
  • 53 Spectacles (see glasses)
  • 54 Stoneware
  • 55 Suitcases/ Flight cases (unless labelled and then shrink-wrapped twice so that label cannot be removed)
  • 56 Telescope (including microscope)
  • 57 Tiles
  • 58 Torches ( flammable, battery operated and electric)
  • 59 Turntables
  • 60 Vase (see glassware)
  • 61 Vehicle Door
  • 62 Watch (es)
  • 63 Window (including framed Windows)