Thanx to all of you who tried to help me make a decision as to how to ship some chips and to be guaranteed they arrive safely at its destination.

This was a unique (please not critique this word) situation in which cost had absolutely no bearing on my decision. The chips, if lost, would have been very dificult and expensive to replace. The odds of it arriving safely was about 99.999% in my favor.

Once again, thanx to eveyone for their help and advice.

My decision was to ship them via the USPO registered and restricted. I was told that this package would not be mingled with all the other crap and hand managed. It would have to be sign by everyone touching it therefore tracking would be a lot easier, if misplaced. It will take longer to get to its destination because of all the personal handling requirements and since it is restricted, only the person for whom it was intended will receive it and not just to an address as is normal.