POSTAGE METER THAT PRINTS BOTH EVIDENCE OF POSTAGE AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE SENDER

摘要

A postage metering system (200) that dispenses postage on a mail piece (11), the postage metering system (200) including accounting circuitry (208) to account for the postage dispensed; apparatus for providing on the mail piece (11) evidence of postage paid (36) and third party certified, cryptographically secured, non-shipping information (37) about the sender of the mail piece (11). A method implements the postage metering system (200) described above.