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Hope Diamond mailed in plain brown package for $145
In 1958, jeweller Harry Winston sent the famous Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian by registered mail, packed in a plain brown parcel. Postage and insurance cost just one hundred forty-five dollars, securing the gem at the museum.
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