CARD FOUND! USPS Priority Mail Express Delay � Seeking Advice

oldjudge · #1 07-16-2025, 03:19 PM

I believe the insurance limit for priority mail is $5000. I haven't had to file an insurance claim in decades but I remember one issue even then was proving value. If it is an item you have just sold the sales price should act as that proof.

BillyCoxDodgers3B · #2 07-16-2025, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldjudge

I believe the insurance limit for priority mail is $5000. I haven't had to file an insurance claim in decades but I remember one issue even then was proving value. If it is an item you have just sold the sales price should act as that proof.

Thanks for the clarification. A quick search on some third party site does back up your $5000 figure. I didn't delve into it beyond that. For some reason, I thought it was much less (as in $100 or $500), so forgive me if what I initially wrote was incorrect.

For the OP's sake, I hope that the $5000 is correct, as am hoping he will be covered in worst case scenario with as little of the typical USPS runaround as possible.

Jewish-collector · #3 07-16-2025, 03:41 PM

Always use REGISTERED MAIL on any card you consider valuable.

bigfish · #4 07-16-2025, 05:07 PM

I would use fedex would anything over 500. USPS raised their rates and they get less and less competent. I hope you�re Cobb turns up

frankbmd · #5 07-16-2025, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldjudge

I believe the insurance limit for priority mail is $5000. I haven't had to file an insurance claim in decades but I remember one issue even then was proving value. If it is an item you have just sold the sales price should act as that proof.

Indeed, from northern rural Wisconsin, I needed to have a certified estimate by a third party to even purchase insurance for a shipment of antique German China. I couldn't get an estimate they would accept, so I split the parcel into three separate uninsured parcels. They all arrived intact.

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