A system and method of evidencing postage payment includes a local postage printing
system requesting to a remote data metering center for the generation of postage
evidencing information. The request includes a postage amount to be printed on
a mailpiece. The remote data metering center determines a postal origin corresponding
to the request for postage evidencing information, then accounts for the postage
amount in a general account corresponding to the local postage printing system
and in a payment account corresponding to the determined postal origin. The remote
data metering center generates postage evidencing information in response to the
request. The postage evidencing information includes a digital token and the determined
postal origin. The remote data metering center sends the postage evidencing information
to the local postage printing system which prints the postage evidencing information
and the determined postal origin on the mailpiece.
