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May have been parcel force. Price was good too.
I've shipped a few amps abroad with no problems. Pack them well (big boxes with loads of room for cushioning, scrap cardboard to reinforce, lots of tape) insure them and use a reputable firm (UPS or DPD have always done mine).
Shop around the brokers for the best price...it's never going to be cheap, but if the guy at the other end will pay, it's ok.
I think that would be excellent cushioning and protection for an amp and relatively inexpensive.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Oh and as said, it will be expensive. I remember shipping an empty Marshall 1960a 4x12 to France, which still weighs a load and with good packing around it is very large. The cost was something like £115, what I was more surprised about was the fact they buyer was fine with the cost, the desire to get what you want really outweighs the high costs for a fair few people. Although admiteddly I'm one of them sometimes on stuff I've bought before. I've also shipped amp heads to Germany before, twice, and the cost for those came to something like £50 each time.
At the end of the day if you decide to send a heavy large valuable item, I would always pack as best as you could with the most protection rather than being careless, even if something gets broken, if it has been packed well the couriers chances of trying to defend themselves are made pretty much redundant, although that has already been said countless times before here.
I should have held and load it in myself- lesson learned. Luckily in a sense the amp was going back for warranty work so I didn't mind it that much but now I'm even more careful.
Removing power valves is crucial but I am now concerned that if the parcel dropped a component inside may get loose..
I guess the best we can do is pack extremely well keeping the insurance policy T&Cs in mind as the companies will likely look at reasons to invalidate-deny a claim.