Mail processing system for verifying postage amount

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G07B 17/00 (2006.01) G01G 19/00 (2006.01) G06F 17/60 (1995.01)

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CA 2106660

The method and apparatus for verifying that the correct postage has been paid includes a mail processing machine which is adapted to receive properly oriented mail via a transport from a facer apparatus. The mail processing machine includes a scale for weighing a mailpiece having postage affixed thereto for the purpose of cancelling it with a mark which includes the actual postage which should be affixed. In a further embodiment other information necessary to calculate the necessary postage is obtained by reading the information from the mailpiece. Any discrepancies between the postage affixed and the amount of postage which should actually be paid may be noted at acceptance or seen by the carrier as the mail is delivered. A batch of mail may be sampled to select representative mailpieces in a random manner and verified to compare the calculated total of postage required based on the sample to the postal amount paid for the batch by the sender.

Méthode et appareil permettant de vérifier si une enveloppe est suffisamment affranchie. L'appareil comprend une machine de traitement du courrier adaptée pour recevoir une enveloppe correctement orientée au moyen d'un dispositif de transport à partir d'une machine à redresser les enveloppes. La machine de traitement du courrier comprend une balance servant à peser un article déjà affranchi afin d'y apposer une marque comprenant le tarif d'affranchissement requis. Dans une autre application, d'autres informations nécessaires au calcul du tarif d'affranchissement dû peuvent être obtenues à partir la lecture de données figurant sur l'article à poster. Tout écart entre l'affranchissement payé et l'affranchissement réellement dû peut être noté au point d'acceptation du courrier ou être vu par la personne chargée de livrer le courrier. Un lot d'articles à poster à partir duquel est prélevé au hasard un échantillon peut être utilisé pour effectuer des vérifications et comparer l'affranchissement requis, à partir de l'échantillon, à l'affranchissement payé par l'expéditeur pour ce lot d'articles.

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