Government, transit and postal items and official items policy

Allowed

• Pre-1900 government documents such as birth certificates and marriage licences.

• Collectable vehicle licence plates that are retired or no longer valid for use on a vehicle.

Restricted

• Cherished number licence plates, when sold in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Not allowed

Examples include, but are not limited to:

Personal IDs or documents:

• Birth certificates or a completed application for a birth certificate

• Driver's licences or a completed application for a driver's licence

• National Insurance numbers or a completed application for a National Insurance number

• Passports or a completed application for a passport

• Fake IDs such as licences or passports

• Fake certificates or diplomas

• Childminder badges

Government IDs or documents:

• Immigration or work permission papers

• Classified or restricted government documents

• Documents that are designed to look like official documents but are actually fake

Transit and vehicle items, IDs or documents:

• Government vehicle licence plates

• Design plans of commercial airlines or plane engines

• Internal, not-for-public documents, manuals, and other materials from companies that provide public transportation, including airlines, buses, ferries, underground, and trains

• Car dealership stamps, blank service log books that contain stamps, and completed service log books (without the vehicle)

• Current vehicle licence plates and plates that look like current licence plates (see exception above for cherished number plates)

• Current blank Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) plates, and stamped VIN or TAG plates that have been removed from the vehicle

• VIN plate rivets

• V5, logbook or similar vehicle registration documents unless they are being listed with the vehicle (in compliance with DVLA requirements)

• Blueprints or schematics of airports, underground, or bus, tram, ferry and train stations

Allowed

• Fancy dress costumes designed to look like mail carriers

• Promotional merchandise bearing the logo of a delivery company like Royal Mail, An Post, Parcel Force, Federal Express (FedEx), DHL, or United Parcel Service (UPS)

Restricted

• Most vintage transit or delivery/courier company uniforms and accessories like bags, hats, and ties can be listed, as long as the seller meets all of the following conditions:

  • The item is 10 years old or older. Seller must state age of the item in the title of the listing

  • It's no longer used by any transportation company

  • It doesn't look like current uniforms or accessories.

Not allowed

• Current airline uniforms and related items, including but not limited to:

  • Flight attendant, pilot or other flight crew uniforms

  • Baggage attendant, gate agent and other ground crew uniforms

  • Uniform components like badges, wings and other accessories

• Current public transportation uniforms and accessories like hats, pins, scarves, and ties. This covers items from any company that provides public transportation, including buses, ferries, underground, and trains

• Royal Mail or An Post uniforms, including badges

• Delivery or courier company uniforms, including those from ParcelForce, DHL, Federal Express (FedEx), and United Parcel Service (UPS)

• Airport security personnel uniforms, and accessories like badges (see also our police-related items policy)

Allowed

Novelty transit items like maps, posters, tokens, and other items that are generally available to the public.

Not allowed

• Keys, tools, or anything that can control transit vehicles (regardless of how old the item is). Examples include railway switch keys or switch lock keys.

• Keys issued as part of the National Key Scheme

• Royal Mail and An Post mailbags, mail bins, and delivery vehicles

• Delivery or courier company decals, logos, or delivery vehicles like those from ParcelForce, Federal Express (FedEx), DHL, or United Parcel Service (UPS)

• Information on how to obtain or make fake IDs

• Items that are used to create or modify IDs, government documents, licences, or plates