Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:14:00 +0000
From: Mike 
Newsgroups: uk.people.silversurfers uk.legal uk.misc uk.finance
Subject: Re: [OT] How do I post a letter and later prove that letter was posted?
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mike o'sullivan wrote:
> Mike_B wrote:
>> In message <5gs3doF3i51ivU2@mid.individual.net>, mike o'sullivan
>>  writes
>>> Paul B wrote:
>>>> At some time in the future I will need to prove I posted a
>>>> PARTICULAR letter today.
>>>
>>> A simple Certificate of Posting (free) from the PO counter. The
>>> clerk will add the address to the form.
>>
>> As the rest of the thread has tirelessly pointed out, that only shows
>> that you posted *a* letter, not a particular letter.
> 
> Surely the name and address on the certificate is a clue!

No, that only proves an envelope or package was posted to a particular
person at a particular address - it says nothing about the contents of
said envelope or package.

-- 
(Yet another) Mike