On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:21:45 -0700, "Pico Rico"
> wrote:

>
>"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>> 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.

You can get a receipt for any PO purchase but it won't say where/who
you sent what and when. A receipt for buying stamps proves nothing
except the price you paid.. there's no need for that receipt unless
you'er buying stamps for someone and expect to be paid. You can even
get a reciept for stamps you buy for yourself, I never bother getting
a receipt for stamps I buy for my own personal use.