# Strike-Anywhere Matches — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Strike-Anywhere Matches, carrier is USPS; restriction type is prohibited; scope is domestic; conditions is Strike-anywhere matches may not be mailed domestically, recorded from its source on 2026-08-03.

- **Item category:** Strike-Anywhere Matches
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Strike-anywhere matches may not be mailed domestically.

## What the source says

> Strike-anywhere matches may not be mailed domestically.

## Sources disagree

More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same
thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from.

### Item category

usps.com says item category is **Strike-Anywhere Matches**, as of 2026-08-03.

> Strike-anywhere matches may not be mailed domestically.

Source: https://www.usps.com/ship/shipping-restrictions.htm

pe.usps.com says item category is **Strike-anywhere matches**, as of 2026-08-04.

> Strike-anywhere matches and safety matches are examples of flammable solids. All flammable solids are prohibited in domestic air transportation and in international mail.

Source: https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c3_023.htm


### Scope

usps.com says scope is **domestic**, as of 2026-08-03.

> Strike-anywhere matches may not be mailed domestically.

Source: https://www.usps.com/ship/shipping-restrictions.htm

pe.usps.com says scope is **all mail**, as of 2026-08-04.

> Strike-anywhere matches and safety matches are examples of flammable solids. All flammable solids are prohibited in domestic air transportation and in international mail.

Source: https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c3_023.htm


### Conditions

usps.com says conditions is **Strike-anywhere matches may not be mailed domestically.**, as of 2026-08-03.

> Strike-anywhere matches may not be mailed domestically.

Source: https://www.usps.com/ship/shipping-restrictions.htm

pe.usps.com says conditions is **Strike-anywhere matches are nonmailable flammable solids**, as of 2026-08-04.

> Strike-anywhere matches and safety matches are examples of flammable solids. All flammable solids are prohibited in domestic air transportation and in international mail.

Source: https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c3_023.htm


## Source

- https://www.usps.com/ship/shipping-restrictions.htm
- https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c3_023.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-03. Review by: 2027-08-03.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).