Patent ID: 8060453

Claim:
A mailing machine for printing evidence of postage payment on mail pieces comprising: a printer subsystem for printing indicia on a mail pieces; a first processor operatively connected to the printer subsystem; and a postal security device operatively connected to the first processor, the postal security device comprising a primary single integrated circuit including: a postal security device processor used to process requests for the evidence of postage payment; a plurality of non-volatile memory registers operatively connected to the postal security device processor for storing postal funds record data; and a primary bus and control circuit operatively connecting the postal security device processor to the non-volatile memory registers for read and write access; a secondary memory access device operatively connected to the non-volatile memory registers to provide read only access to the plurality of non-volatile memory registers, wherein, the secondary memory access device erases a secure memory location before providing read only access to the plurality of non-volatile memory registers.