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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 2771626, member: 77639&quot;]I looked through the domestic mail manual online, mostly by searching with the term &quot;insur&quot;, and didn&#039;t find a mention of more than $50k insurance being available.&nbsp; However, I do believe you when you say that some post offices in NYC have greater amounts available.&nbsp; Must be a local thing to accommodate high value shippers like the diamond district.</p><p><br /></p><p>Harry Winston used registered mail to send the Hope diamond to the Smithsonian in 1958.&nbsp; A pic of the package is below.&nbsp; Chances are it would cost a tad more to ship it today.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did find an interesting section in the mail manual, which is also below.&nbsp; USPS wants you to declare full value, even if more than $50k, so they can collect the high registration fee even though they won&#039;t pay you more than $50k if it doesn&#039;t arrive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal</p><p>==================================================</p><p><b>500 Additional Services</b></p><p><b>503 Extra and Additional Services</b></p><p><b>2.0 Registered Mail</b></p><p><b>2.2.1 Declaring Full Value</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The mailer must always declare the item’s full value (see chart below) to the USPS (by stating it to the USPS clerk or entering it on the firm sheet if a firm mailer) when presenting it for registration and mailing. Private insurance carried on Registered Mail does not modify the requirements for declaring the full value.</p><p>==================================================</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]639281[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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