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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