It wasn't a quilt I sent but I sent a box of things to DD, SIL & grandsons to Bulgaria, when they hadn't received it after 3 months my SIL went to the postal place & the man at the counter said it was there somewhere & for a price he would go look for it! SIL says they do that frequently at the post place there so he told the man no thanks he'll just wait for delivery, it finally showed up 2 weeks later! And the price for mailing it to them was almost $300, now I just send money in with a card taped very securely around it.