From: "Tim" 
Newsgroups: uk.people.silversurfers uk.legal uk.misc uk.finance
Subject: Re: How do I post a letter and later prove that letter was posted?
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:00:59 +0100
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>>>>> He quite specifically stated that was NOT sufficient, and
>>>>> that he actually needs proof of exactly *what* was posted.
>>>>
>>> "Theo_Delight@yahoo.co.uk" wrote:
>>>>Which, when one bothers to think about it, is ridiculously easy
>>>>to do.  Before one sends the letter by Special Delivery, one
>>>>takes a xerox copy of the letter first by itself and then with the
>>>>completed Special Delivery chit overlaying part of the letter.
>>>>making sure that the tracking number is clearly visible on the copy.
>>>
>>"Cynic" wrote
>>> The number is applied to the envelope.  What's
>>> to stop the person substituting a different letter
>>> before handing the envelope across for posting?
>>
> "Tim" wrote:
>>Ermm - did you bother to read the bit he wrote which you snipped?
>>If the letter was substituted, then the counter clerk
>>wouldn't stamp/sign the copy, now would they!!
>
"Cynic" wrote
> ICBW, but I'm pretty sure that a counter clerk is not
> going to read through two letters and stamp and sign that
> it is a true copy of one that was placed in an envelope.

That's probably why he said " ... one should
use a small, local, sub-postoffice for this ..."

They are so much friendlier in small, local, sub-postoffices!