Since she came down here by plane I told her I would mail the bat to her home. I took it to the post office, got the postage and had it insured for collector's value and with tracking. Of course, the tracking stopped right after it left the Tampa sorting center. the Postmaster said, sorry, it looks like it got lost. Then they were unwilling to reimburse me for the value because I didn't have a receipt from the Rays..
The session I learned that day was that if I had anything of value to send, do not send by USPS. If that was my only option, do not insure it because the Postal Pirates only steal things of value if they are insured. I'm sure if it is not insured, they are not interested.