First, I suspect that a postal person has just begun to collect chips. Second, I learned the lesson the hard way three years ago when I sent a chip to a trader friend and that envelope also arrived shredded.

I would suggest that hereafter a Shotgun Starter warn participants to use padded envelopes. I used to write "PLEASE HAND STAMP"--that didn't do any good but it was probably the sorter that done it in.