Good one Mr... Rindsberg!!! on the other side of the coin (as they say ) I
received a box , that thin stuff used for shirt boxes . it was barely held
together with string but did have a "reunion Isl." , stamped  metal customs
seal . All but three shells somehow made the journey from reunion to Miami
by slow land class (3 1/2 months) the shells were wrapped in French
newsprint but each was a surprise . Conus from reunion island are very dark
in color , the geographus is violet white, the dark pattern is black. this
is just an example but it was Christmas in July . mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew K. Rindsberg <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: best packing materials


>Once I received a wonderfully packaged present in the mail from
>Switzerland. I took the coarse brown paper off the cardboard box, then
>opened the box to find bubblewrap. Inside the bubblewrap was a box sealed
>in clear plastic, and inside the plastic was an illustrated paper wrapper.
>It now became evident that chocolates were inside, but I did not reach them
>immediately, for I still had to open the box and remove more paper and more
>plastic to find... twelve exquisite Swiss truffles, each sitting perfectly
>untouched in their own foil wrappers inside more paper and more plastic. Of
>course, after all that work, anything would have tasted good, but these
>truffles... ah... they were exquisite.
>
>My friend sent truffles to her brother too, but they melted in the sun.
>There are all sorts of lessons to learn from this for packaging shells.
>Type specimens are mailed with almost the same degree of care.
>
>Andrew K. Rindsberg
>Geological Survey of Alabama
>