Patent ID: 8129646

Claim:
A system for validating mail items, the system comprising: one or more mail processing devices for performing subsequent pass processing of a plurality of mail items in accordance with a sort scheme; one or more processors associated with the one or more mail processing devices for: receiving mail item identification data associated with the plurality of mail items based on previous sort processing performed at one or more mail processing environments, the mail identification data comprising mail owner identification, registered with a postal authority, for each of the plurality of mail items for uniquely associating a mailer to each mail item; and reader associated with the one or more mail processing devices for reading the mail item identification data for each of the plurality of mail items during the subsequent pass processing, wherein the one or more processors is configured for: validating the received mail item identification data against the read mail item identification; and generating discrepancy data based on the received mail item identification data and the read mail item identification.