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Post by wollastoni on Jun 25, 2013 10:20:30 GMT -8
"July would be bad as we are off to France to buy a house" As during the "100 Year War", France will soon be English again ! :-)
In Lubéron (Provence), there are splendid villages where half the population must be British. Thanks to them, those rural villages are restored and living places.
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Post by wollastoni on Jun 25, 2013 9:53:13 GMT -8
Don't know him personally. Here his website, in the "last arrivals" page, your friend may be able to check if his specimens are for sale or not : www.insecta.fr/nouveautes.phpI think he also has an ebay account but cannot find it for the moment. Anyway if your friend has a tracking number for each parcel, he can easily check if Gerald signed for them or not.
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Post by wollastoni on Jun 25, 2013 7:49:12 GMT -8
Wonderful species and great shot !
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Post by wollastoni on Jun 25, 2013 7:35:00 GMT -8
Yes exactly the kind of contacts I need...
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Post by wollastoni on Jun 25, 2013 6:58:12 GMT -8
Hello
Has anyone a good contact at French customs? I have received more than 1000 parcels in my life and for the first time, one of them is blocked by French customs.
It is a parcel from Japan with 2 Delias (not protected), including a very interesting Delias inexpectata !
1 / Chronopost/EMS contacted me saying the parcel is blocked by the customs and that they need an invoice. --> I sent them the invoice from the Japanese seller
2 / then Chronopost/EMS asked me if there were protected species in the parcel --> I answered them there aren't any protected species and gave them the name of those species
3 / then Chronopost/EMS asked me to send them the CITES permit for the parcel... -->I answered them as those species are not protected by CITES, I cannot provide them a CITES permit as I don't need one...
Then they told me : we need the CITES permits or the parcel will be ceized.
So has anyone a serious contact at French customs so that I can explain them they are totally wrong...
#boring
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Post by wollastoni on Jun 25, 2013 4:41:58 GMT -8
Ask him if you can post pictures here. I would love to see his Delias rarities.
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Post by wollastoni on Jun 25, 2013 0:24:05 GMT -8
Yes Clive's collection must be a good one ! Many Delias there !
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Post by wollastoni on Jun 24, 2013 23:29:57 GMT -8
Ad corrected.
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Post by wollastoni on Jun 24, 2013 11:00:54 GMT -8
In those years, he must have earned 10000 euros with all the people he scammed...
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Post by wollastoni on Jun 24, 2013 4:58:37 GMT -8
No permits needed in France. As proposed to other British members, I can show you good spots in Fontainebleau forests (1 hour from Paris) but it has to be this summer (next year I won't be in Paris anymore)
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Post by wollastoni on Jun 23, 2013 10:36:27 GMT -8
A friend of mine knows a military camp near Reims (2 hours from Paris) which is very rich in butterflies (better than Fontainebleau according to him).
I will give it a try next month... Hope I won't meet a Rafale...
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Post by wollastoni on Jun 23, 2013 10:33:41 GMT -8
Yes many errors in the Delias section too...
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Post by wollastoni on Jun 23, 2013 9:19:18 GMT -8
Impressive, very black
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Post by wollastoni on Jun 23, 2013 9:18:50 GMT -8
Yes a fantastic species. Especially fresh specimens are wonderful, it also flies in SW France.
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Post by wollastoni on Jun 22, 2013 7:44:59 GMT -8
Because of the CITES protection, some people think it is rare...
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