Claims
- 1. Apparatus for verifying postage paid comprising a data entry means and a display for input and output of data relating to a batch of mail; a weighing module for weighing a mailpiece having postage affixed thereon; scanning means for reading character information from the mailpiece; printing means; a transport means for transporting the mailpiece for scanning thereof from the weighing module to the printing means; said printing means being selectably operable for marking on said mailpiece a marking corresponding to correct postage for the mailpiece in correspondence with a weight as determined by the weighing means and a rating of said mailpiece, whereby the marking enables comparison between postage affixed to the mailpiece and the actual value of required postage for delivery of the mailpiece.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the marking cancels the postage affixed to the mailpiece.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 2 further comprising means for printing a data as a portion of the cancelling marking.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the printing means prints the cancelling mark using an indelible ink.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the indelible ink is selected to distinguish from an ink used by a postal authority for a conventional cancellation mark.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising measuring means for measuring the size of the mailpiece.
- 7. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising means for determining the size of a statistical sample for a representative selection of mailpieces from a submitted batch of mail to be verified.
- 8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the character information to be read includes address information on the mailpiece.
RELATED PATENTS
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/952,071 filed on Sep. 25, 1992.
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