My modus operandi...

Storing. 1) Wrap in newspaper, into a ziploc freezer bag, and then into the crisper or 2) Place directly into a plastic coated produce box sleeved with a heavy duty garbage bag and then lined with a daily newspaper on five sides (one paper with four sections per side) and a Sunday paper on top.

Shipping. Dry. Rubber banded by variety, usually wrapped in newspaper, and then into a bubble mailer.

1000 Words. For sensibility, I attached a few camera phone photos.

Hey noss a.k.a. Viv,

I am not sure how to prepare them. However, I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. So! I suppose I would ship as-is with leaves or I might cut off just the leaves so that only stems remain attached to the cutting. As I state in my previous post, I ship dry. Thus I would not use plastic...but that's me.

You need to break off the leaves and their stems.  Those mold very quickly and that mold will move into the wood and kill it.   I received a few like that and they were the only ones that didn't root.

An inch or so of leaf petiole (stem) should be left so the leaf scar can form properly and protect the cuttings from pathogens. It will fall off on its own in about a week.

You need to do that before you take the cutting or at least before you bag it.  If you bag the cutting with the leaf stem on it will mold. 

rcantor- The petioles do not transpire like leaves do and so the inside if the bag will not get all wet and nasty. I have done it before and had cuttings sent to me like this and had no problems. Those were all summer and fall cuttings though. Anyways, pulling fresh leaves from a soft stem will almost certainly damage it.

Update on this years cuttings. I ended up with 2 Salice, 1 Italian Honey and one Celeste from Fuitnut. 5 Marcellus vs Black from New Jersey and in the second batch from New Jersey so far 1 has begun to make roots. Still hoping for a Sicilian Red in this bunch. Those that have rooted and have been transplanted look pretty good right now. All have grown since they were transplanted except one which keeps shedding leaves but then a new one follows. Not sure what is up with that?

 Hello,
I'm fairly new at this fig planting thing second year, this year I cut off a sucker stem coming out of the roots,
It was about 4 feet. so I made 4 cuttings from them to be on the safe side, now I found out I could've made more
according to Linda 2012 post.

getting back on the subject, the three cuttings were as probably as thick as a straw you would drink a milkshake with, and
the other one is a thick as a souvlaki stick, they all grew  and are doing fine. but I read that there is better chance of rooting if
if branch is thicker, according to one of the post here someone rooted a fig stump. I think you can pretty much root anything size.
Thank you,
Stephen zone 7A N.J.