This did not work at my local post office. A while back, I mailed a small quilt with insurance via USPS. They would not pay anything for the lost quilt as I could not "prove with receipts" what I paid for the quilt. They only thing they would give me was reimbursement for shipping & insurance.
I had the correspondence from the person who purchased the quilt, but USPS would not reimburse the cost she had paid.
Originally Posted by pnptrapp
It's funny this topic came up. I was just talking to my local postmaster about this. Keep your reciepts, and find other comparable items online that have a similar price, print them out and keep them on hand just in case. If you can prove that other items out there are valued the same then they'll give you your money. As far as quilts you sell if you keep a cancelled check, or verification of payment then that will suffice as well.