Hey Louie,
 
You don't want to hear this but the Post Office (U.S. Post Office)
welches EVEN IF YOU DO insure it! They will ask you for proof of
what was actually in the package, and proof of its value! (This is
'experience' speaking.)
 
So, better get out the video camera and videotape the entire packing
ritual -- never stopping the tape -- and make some impossible-to-
duplicate squiggle on the side of the package. Zoom in for a close-up
so that it can be seen easily, then slowly rotate the packageso that
the address can be seen.
 
Once the Post Office gets it ready, image it again -- along with the
side squiggle. THEN, if it gets lost, they might, MIGHT, pay up.
 
Or,... you could take up bird-watching!
 
Aloha,
 
makuabob (a.k.a. Bob Dayle)