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Donavon,

Richard has a long list of hobby credentials and many, many references.

Send it delivery confirmation, registered mail.

Believe me, it will get there.

Harry Winston sent the hope diamond through the regular mail this way, no lie. I think if the hope diamond made it through a slightly less valuable item liike yours can make it too. The odds of registered mail getting lost through the mail is slim and none, and slim just left town. I will pay for the cost.



Hope Diamond Mail Wrapper, Postmark: Nov. 8, 1958
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum

When he donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958, jeweler Harry Winston sent the fabled gem by registered first-class mail. This package carried the diamond on its trip from New York City to Washington, D.C.

Of the $145.29 mailing price, only $2.44 was for postage. The balance was the insurance fee for $1 million. This object is one of 137 million artifacts, works of art and specimens in the Smithsonian’s collection. This object is not on display.