Postal system intranet and commerce processing for on-line value bearing system

A method for generating meter refund indicia data, the method comprising:

• providing a secure network between a postage value administrator and a postal service provider;
• authenticating a user at a user computer by a server on the secure network, wherein the server comprises a database and a cryptographic module;
• accessing meter refund withdrawal software executing on a user computer and transmitting to the server a request for a meter refund using the meter refund withdrawal software;
• processing the meter refund request via a meter refund application executing on the secure network at a support personnel computer;
• contacting the cryptographic module by the meter refund application;
• calculating the meter refund by the cryptographic module;
• generating indicia data for the calculated meter refund by the cryptographic module by accessing meter refund information from the database;
• transmitting the generated indicia data from a vault wherein the vault comprises the server;
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• printing the indicia including the indicia data.