On 3/13/2013 10:21 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> If you actually *go* to the post office they can't just leave
>>>>> it sitting in a mail bag until the next business day.
>>>>
>>>> Why not... often they do just leave it until the next day... postal
>>>> workers ain't the swiftest.
>>>> There's still no guarantee it'll get post marked on time unless it's
>>>> post marked by hand at the counter... and you still have no proof...
>>>> you won't get a receipt sending by ordinary snail mail. Were I
>>>> cutting it close with snail mail I'd send it registered return
>>>> receipt. Filing electronically is the best way to prove you filed on
>>>> time.
>>>
>>> I did leave out the receipt part.
>>
>> If you drop mail at the PO there is no receipt, not unless you pay for
>> registered return receipt. And then it doesn't get placed with
>> ordinary mail, registered mail goes as priority mail... years ago that
>> was called "Special Delivery", there are no more "Air Mail" stamps
>> either, it's now lumped together as Priority, Express & Air Mail
>> Stamps.
>
> I get a receipt for the postage I have the P.O. put on the envelopes to the
> IRS and the state. I don't bother with certified mail.
>
>
That's what I was trying to explain. It doesn't matter what I'm
mailing. If I take it to the post office they affix the postage (date
stamped) and give me a receipt. Then even if it sits there in a mail
bag for a few days, no problem. It's already got a date on it.

Jill