[Phantomcrow]

For mint on card stuff I always ship by putting the item in a plastic bag, then surround with newspaper (the bag is to keep newspaper from rubbing off), sometimes I use packing material from things I order , but Newspaper is always around and cheep. Then I find a box or cut one down to fit to give a inch or two around the object, don't want a lot of wiggle room , but also don't want to pack crazy tight either. Being a collector I take pride in shipping items well and have not had anything but 5 star shipping on ebay.