How to ship 200 year old oil on wood paintings?

Subject:	How to ship 200 year old oil on wood paintings?
Date:	Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:31:13 -0800 (PST)

Seasons Greetings,

I have just sold two paintings and now I need to ship them.
They are oil on wood, look about two hundred years old.
Someone said wrap them in acid free paper (this person
was not an authority on shipping old paintings) and then
use bubble wrap. I want to use "large bubble" bubble wrap.
I know how to carefully ship antiques, it's the old painting
aspect I don't understand.

It seems like wrapping a painting in any kind of paper
would be possibly abrasive. Is it ok to just wrap them
in the bubble wrap directly?

Looking forward to reading your responses.

Robert