The way we ship record albums is to make a box. I took apart a box from the grocery store to fit the record and just taped all the way around with packing tape (I make the boxes flat). We even shipped one to England and it arrived just fine. Just make sure you make the box big enough that you don't have to worry about cutting the table topper. You can check with the post office as to how big a box they will take, I can't remember.