Talk:Registered mail

Registered mail questions

I made a redirect here from Registered post because that's how I've always remembered it, and I was searching wikipedia for both that and these: Registered delivery, Recorded delivery and Recorded post, all of which do not exist. Does anyone know where they could link to? -84user (talk) 15:27, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

I have answered my query by expanding Mail#Registered and recorded mail and creating redirects to it.-84user (talk) 17:22, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Expanded a bit

Ok, I added the Italian paragraph. I gave up with the French because www.laposte.fr has an infuriatingly unhelpful website. Another of those "look how flashy we can make it" but useless macromedia jobs. -84user (talk) 23:34, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry but I have remove the foreign information as this is the English wiki, so English language should be used. Just telling readers what foreign versions are called is not useful here; if a foreign wiki page exists we use the interwiki links on the left side of the page. I also removed your recorded delivery references as this is more closely associated with Certified mail not registered mail. It is not an registration, secure and insurable system, just a certification of delivery system. However, you have spurred me to look for more history with proper references; the Joyce book is good for many aspect of early philately though I have the Mackay book here. Cheers ww2censor (talk) 05:15, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Format of registered mail tracking references

There is little or no information to back up the assertion that some/most national postal services use the same 13 character AB123456789XY format for tracking, at least their international mail, but I know from experience that this is the case. I think the article would benefit greatly from details on where this format came from and how it became what looks like a de-facto standard juux ☠ 11:55, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Certainly Royal Mail and Canada Post do use 13 digits but the assertion that most use it is not substantiated by a google search for confirmation. Maybe the UPU has some info. ww2censor (talk) 16:35, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Polish Post (Poczta Polska) uses this 13 character system for international register mail. For registered mail inside Poland EAN128 barcode system is used.

83.22.92.95 (talk) 10:48, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

In recent months I have received registered mail from Argentina, Chile, China, Germany, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Romania, South Africa and Thailand. All of them using 13 characters. JPKos (talk) 19:54, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

The blue crossed lines have survived on registered letters to the present day ??

Where have the blue crossed lines survived? Certainly not in the UK - I remember taking a letter to the Post Office for Registered Mail in the early 1990's - I'd drawn the blue lines on it, and I was told that they no longer meant anything - and that it was now called Special Delivery...

I note that the reference cited for this was a book published over 40 years ago!

Well, maybe some people (like you) still continue to use them and that's where the blue lines have survived. -- 2001:A60:18EE:1100:A4E8:6442:9AFA:13A7 (talk) 12:56, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Merger proposal

I propose to merge the article Certified Mail into this Registered mail article. It seems to be a straightforward case of duplication. The Certified Mail article contains some U.S.-specific information that could easily be incorporated here. I believe that "Registered mail" is the more generic/international term, and thus probably the better choice of name for a merged article with international point of view. Selinger (talk) 20:09, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Registered Mail and Certified Mail are clearly separate on the USPS site. However, they might be similar enough that Certified Mail can be made a section of this article. Seems like, in the US, Registered Mail is similar but has a number of additional features. Benny White (talk) 05:01, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

I disagree because they are not at all related services, and should be unmerged. R8cobra (talk) 18:25, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

I disagree and think keeping them merged is fine. The first sentence of the article basically describes what Certified Mail is in the US. I don't think there is enough of a difference to warrant different articles. Mundanemetal (talk) 20:25, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Agree that it belongs here. Certified Mail is an offshoot of registered mail and designed to accomplish many of the same purposes. I don't see a need for a US-specific article on it. agtx 15:56, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Unclear

"Since autumn 2017 Postnord no longer require signature for delivering registered mail from China Post." - does this mean mail that was posted in China and is being delivered in Sweden, or the other way round? I assume the former. However, I think we need to explain why this mail is treated differently. If it is for political reasons then it would also make sense to have a section on whether other countries also have special treatment for mail originating in China. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.78.172.115 (talk) 10:17, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Is Certified Mail relevant?

Certified mail does not meet the international requirements for Registered mail and is a distinct service within the US. I think that certified mail is not relevant in a registered mail article and should be either split into it's own page, merged into a different page or deleted. R8cobra (talk) 18:23, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@R8cobra, Selinger, and Benny White:: I know this is an old post but we know that certified mail is a service that many postal authorities, not just the US, provides and as you suggest is not directly connected with registered mail. It essentially relies on providing the sender with a "certificate of posting" so we should probably start a Certificate of posting or a stand-alone Certified Mail article. ww2censor (talk) 18:17, 29 March 2025 (UTC)