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I would say USPS registered mail.
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Another vote for USPS Registered
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Registered is the way to go, but as a caveat it does take quite a bit longer for the item to arrive. So if you ship this way I would inform the buyer of the added time.
-Rhett
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Registered is definitely the most secure, but it can take a long, long time. The Hope Diamond was delivered to the Smithsonian via registered mail.
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From the postal museum site:
" Henry “Harry” Winston, a leading American jeweler and gem dealer, bought the diamond from Mrs. McLean’s estate in 1949. In November 1958 Winston donated the diamond to the Smithsonian Institution, intending it to be the foundation for a National Jewel Collection. With his years of experience in shipping jewelry all over the world, Winston chose to have the diamond delivered by registered mail. He told a reporter for the Washington Post that “ . . . [registered mail is] the safest way to ship gems. . . . I’ve sent gems all over the world that way.” The diamond was placed in a box, wrapped in brown paper, and sent by registered mail, traveling down from New York in a Railway Post Office train car. In Washington, it was immediately taken to the City Post Office (the building that now houses the National Postal Museum), where it was picked up by postal carrier James G. Todd. Todd drove the package to the National Museum of Natural History. The diamond was handed over in a ceremony including Leonard Carmichael, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Mrs. Harry Winston. The transfer was completed when Carmichael signed the receipt for the registered package. The price paid for shipping the gem, valued at $1 million at the time, was $145.29, most of that for package insurance. " |
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Another vote for registered mail. Have sent more than a thousand registered packages over the years and not one was ever lost.
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I heard the Hope Diamond story some time ago and wondered how they did that. The USPS caps insurance for registered mail at $25,000, so the Smithsonian must have lined up some private insurance. Brian is correct in the registered mail can be very very slow. One expensive package took over three weeks to go from California to the East Coast. We knew the registered package was secure, but to have the package float around out there for three weeks made me very uncomfortable. I prefer USPS overnight with additional insurance. |
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