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I have a friend living in Madrid and she doesn't like me to send her anything larger than a letter because has to to pay duties on it.

Luckily, baseball cards are awfully small.

I've bought from and sold to Italy a couple of times and don't recall any shipping issues. I also have shipped cards to APO and haven't had any troubles.

To tell you the truth, I've shipped to lots of foreign countries and haven't had problems. All the Western European countries are fine in my experience. I have no problem shipping to them.

Might not hurt to get an American reference or two, to vouch that you're a reputable collector who happens to be working in Italy. May help allay any foreign shipping fears of some potential sellers.