Where can you send a coconut by post?

In the USA! The United States Postal Service (USPS) allows citizens to mail a coconut anywhere within the country. The USPS regards a coconut as a self-contained unit, one which cannot be easily tampered with. As long as a proper address label is affixed on the coconut, and the correct postage is paid, it will be sent.

How did the practice start?

It all began in the island state of Hawaii.

Visitors to Hawaii can buy a souvenir coconut decorated with traditional art instead of the usual picture postcard and then mail the coconut to the mainland. The Post-a-Nut Service on the island of Molokai even mails coconuts to other countries. The coconut comes free!

 

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