System for permitting parcel sender to reassure parcel recipient

A method for permitting a parcel sender to permit a parcel recipient to verify that the parcel sender has registered identifying information about himself with an indicia-issuing entity. The method includes the steps of recording data about said parcel sender in a databank operated by said indicia-issuing entity and associating to said parcel sender an indicia wherein said indicia is verifiable as having been issued only by said issuing entity and associated to said parcel sender. In addition, a system of verification is made available to parcel recipients.