did your friend mark the parcel as 'gift'? that usually work sometime.
Gift = gift = no commercial value.
If it is lost in the postal system, any insurance will reflect what you have registered the item as being worth.
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Gift = gift = no commercial value.
If it is lost in the postal system, any insurance will reflect what you have registered the item as being worth.