When I have shipped Registered mail, it is required that the package be sealed with paper tape so the post office can use their rubber stamp and stamp every seam to insure no one has opened the package and either removed or tampered with the contents.
As I mentioned earlier when I was a govie we shipped items using Registered Mail that were extremely sensitive because they could be tracked by signature every step of the way.
Priority Mail in itself doesn't not provide that level of protection.
When in doubt my old boss always told me to follow the regs:
From the regs:
Secret information may be transmitted by:
d. U.S. Postal Service registered mail within and between the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
f. U.S. Postal Service registered mail through Army, Navy, or Air Force Postal Service facilities outside the United States and its Territories, provided that the information does not at any time pass out of U.S. citizen control and does not pass through a foreign postal system or any foreign inspection.
In the governments eyes, Registered is a pretty good way to make sure your items are getting from one location to the other safely.
Last edited by tut; 08/21/15 03:01 PM.
