Patent ID: 6959292

Claim:
A system for providing value-added services relating to the distribution of a mailpiece within an international mailing system comprising: a) a first database of mailer electronic addresses indexed by mailer identification codes; b) a second database of postal authority addresses indexed by postal authority identification codes; c) a means for incorporating a request for a value-added service and a mailer identification code on a mailpiece; d) means for creating at a first postal authority a mail item file corresponding to the mailpiece; said mail item file including said mailer identification code and said value-added service request; e) means for determining, at a second postal authority, said first postal authority address; and f) means for performing by said second postal authority said value-added service; g) means for communicating said performance of said value-added service to said first postal authority using said first postal authority address, wherein said first postal authority determines a mailer electronic address using a mailer identification code associated with the mailpiece and communicates performance of said value-added service to the mailer using the mailer electronic address.