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scott schrieb:
>> The German "Post" has a similar system, and they /do/ check it against
>> a database.
>
> I always wondered, if you posted a letter without a stamp in Germany and
> swapped the To/From addresses, would it get delivered to your intended
> recipient for free?
I guess that might depend on how far away the recipient is living. All
letters are nowadays processed in one of dunno-how-many mail centers,
and I reckon the first such center to handle any letter will check it
for sufficient postage; if they find that the alleged sender address is
not anywhere close to where the letter was posted (and I guess they can
narrow that down comparatively well), but the alleged recipient is
living surprisingly close nearby, someone might get suspicious.
So if you intend to send a letter to a friend living a few blocks away,
and you're just too lazy to walk to their home and hand over the letter
in person, this scheme might indeed work.
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