On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:14:07 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 3/13/2013 10:17 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> 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 wasn't talking about dropping it in a drop box. I rarely go to the
>post office unless I'm mailing a package. But when I do, yes, they run
>it through the postage meter right in front of me and you can ask for a
>receipt. You don't have to pay for special delivery.

That's just a receipt for money you spent on postage, it give no proof
of who you sent mail to.