Thanks for the responses ...

The box is worth very little to us. I agree with Bob. You don't display the box. And we collect mostly for fun and not for investment.

Glad to hear that the seller is OK. But ...

Judy, I am glad to hear the seller is good. But you are lucky in that you are in the US.

I had a closer look at their delivery details. They categorically state - on their "About me" page - that they will not mark customs labels as gifts for overseas deliveries. That leaves us out. Hadn't seen that when I first posted...

As I have said many times -- I know I can get boring :p --, while we would not mind too much paying the customs fee, it becomes daylight robbery, when the UK post office charges a huge fee for the privelege of collecting the customs fee.