Patent ID: 8626674

Claim:
A method for generating an integrated international shipping label and customs form, comprising: receiving, at a computer, shipping information associated with an international mail piece, wherein the shipping information includes one or more of an origin address and a destination address associated with the international mail piece; receiving, at the computer, customs information that includes a description associated with one or more items to be shipped in the international mail piece; and generating, by the computer, a postage payment indicium corresponding to the international mail piece, a customs form tracking number, and an international shipping label that integrates (1) the shipping information, (2) a plain text customs declaration form, (3) the postage payment indicium corresponding to the international mail piece, and (4) the customs form tracking number, wherein the plain text customs declaration form includes one or more fields populated with the description associated with the one or more items to be shipped in the international mail piece, wherein the customs form tracking number is logically linked to the postage payment indicium.