Can I send a key in the post, with a normal stamp?

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Or do I have to take it to the post office because of the weight? It's like a house key

(It is not important and wouldn't matter if it got lost)

Just a normal small first class stamp?

Yeah, normal stamp. I hope the key isn't for the address you're sending it to

I lost a key sending it in a normal envelope with a first class stamp. My postie friend says items like keys get jammed in the machinery in the sorting offices. Better to use a padded envelope.

It depends on the weight and the thickness of the envelope, ideally you shouldn't leave it loose but wrap it in a bit of kitchen roll or bubble wrap but then that would more likely put it in the 'large letter' bracket.

Just slide it between two bits of cardboard so it’s not obviously a key. It will still be under the size and weight limit.

Apparently keys are notoriously for falling out of letters eg damaging the envelope as it’s pushed around in the postal system

Yes! I get sent keys by landlords quite often. Wrap in bubble wrap or sellotape to a piece of card. haven't lost one in 6 years

Yale key, maybe, if it wasn't a catastrophe if it got lost. Mortice key, no, will cost more.

Thanks everyone

For a normal stamp it has to be no thicker than 5 mm. If it's a thin flat key, I'd sellotape it to a piece of cardboard from something like a cereal packet and put another over it.

Sometimes I just try the 'slot of doom' at the post office to check for the width. Sometimes if it will go through, but with a hefty push, there is a declaration of 'computer says no'. How many of these are pulled out enroute to check though, I don't know...

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Sometimes I just try the 'slot of doom' at the post office to check for the width. Sometimes if it will go through, but with a hefty push, there is a declaration of 'computer says no'. How many of these are pulled out enroute to check though, I don't know...

Slot of doom I like that

At my local post office there used to be a very grumpy member of staff who I'm sure delighted in letters that wouldn't quite go through.

Yes, there is sometimes an element of barely disguised glee @Ch3rish. Gotta get yer kicks where you can

Definitely a padded envelope or bubble wrapped. Son sent us his house key. We received an empty envelope split open down one side. The postie said this happens all the time due to the sorting machinery. No chance whatsoever of finding it.