Registered items of mail are letters which have their details recorded in a register to enable their location to be tracked.
The item is pre-paid with the normal postage rate and an additional charge known as a registration fee. Upon payment of this fee the sender is given a receipt, and (usually) a registration label with a unique number is affixed to the letter. As the letter moves from local office to sub ofice and then to a main sorting office, it has to be signed for on a ledger. This process is completed when the letter is delivered and the receiver signs for the item.
In Great Britain in 1603, a proclamation was made whereby all letters had to be recorded. This system was in effect a registration system although it was applied to all items sent via the post.
Dockwra's penny post, (in 1680), also recorded all details on letters accepted for onward transmission and unlike the general post office, gave compensation for losses.
RegisteredMail may not be used to send items prohibited by law in Canada or defined as dangerous goods.
RegisteredMail items will be returned to the sender if they cannot be delivered, as long as they have a return address, or a Change of Address Notification has been filed for an address outside Canada.
Where mail is normally delivered to the addressee’s door, the RegisteredMail item will be delivered to the door, provided there is someone available to sign for the item.
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