Claims
- 1. A method for verifying the postage on a mailpiece having postage affixed thereto comprising the steps of weighing a mailpiece having postage previously affixed thereto, setting a printing mechanism adapted for printing postal value to a value corresponding to a weight obtained from the weighing of said mailpiece, and cancelling the previously affixed postage using said printing mechanism to provide a cancellation mark that includes a value of postage calculated from determined rating information and the weight obtained from the weighing step.
- 2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of measuring the size of the mailpiece.
- 3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of scanning the mailpiece to obtain information therefrom relevant to the postal rating for the mailpiece.
- 4. The method of claim 3 wherein the information is address information.
- 5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of calculating a sample size for verifying the actual postage of a batch of mailpieces to be verified.
- 6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of printing a date as a portion of the cancelling marking.
- 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the cancelling mark is printed using an indelible ink.
- 8. The method of claim 1 wherein the indelible ink selected to distinguish from an ink used by a postal is authority for a conventional cancellation mark.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of U.S. Pat. No. 07/952,071 filed on Sep. 25, 1992.
US Referenced Citations (1)
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Divisions (1)
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