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<p>[QUOTE="Numisnewbiest, post: 3363953, member: 99613"]I am a former USPS carrier, too, and back when I was working we always dreaded a day when we had registered mail (US domestic) for our route. We had to sign for it at the security cage, and either come back with a signed receipt or the registered piece, or we were looking at big trouble. It also got scanned at sign-out, and scanned again as either having been delivered or as having been turned back in to the security cage. Registered mail was absolutely secured and signed for, every step of the way, right up to delivery, and it was treated like you were handling a million dollars in cash. It was "God help your soul if you lose a piece of registered mail".</p><p><br /></p><p>I can't remember the procedure for international registered mail, but I don't remember it being anything even remotely as secure and accountable (or even noteworthy) as US domestic registered mail, so I'm guessing it wasn't handled with the same kid gloves. I left the USPS ten years ago, so maybe things are different now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Numisnewbiest, post: 3363953, member: 99613"]I am a former USPS carrier, too, and back when I was working we always dreaded a day when we had registered mail (US domestic) for our route. We had to sign for it at the security cage, and either come back with a signed receipt or the registered piece, or we were looking at big trouble. It also got scanned at sign-out, and scanned again as either having been delivered or as having been turned back in to the security cage. Registered mail was absolutely secured and signed for, every step of the way, right up to delivery, and it was treated like you were handling a million dollars in cash. It was "God help your soul if you lose a piece of registered mail". I can't remember the procedure for international registered mail, but I don't remember it being anything even remotely as secure and accountable (or even noteworthy) as US domestic registered mail, so I'm guessing it wasn't handled with the same kid gloves. I left the USPS ten years ago, so maybe things are different now.[/QUOTE]
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