System and methods to determine a recipient for ambiguously addressed mail

A system comprising:

• a scanner for scanning a received incorrectly addressed mail piece;
• a database for storing a plurality of characteristics associated with the mail piece, the plurality of characteristics comprising at least one of a meter number, a return address, an address change service participant code, or an address change service key line;
• a label printer for printing a label comprising a correct address associated with the mail piece;
• and
• a processor adapted to:
• analyze data received from the scanner to produce analysis results wherein the analysis results include a plurality of envelope characteristics;
• determine a sender for the mail piece based at least in part on the analysis results and information from the database;
• determine a correct address for the mail piece based at least in part on the sender, the analysis results, and information from the database by matching one or more of a plurality of envelope characteristics to one of a plurality of mail recipients;
• and
• control the label printer to print a correctly addressed label based on the determined correct address;
• wherein the correctly addressed label can be adhered to the mail piece and the mail piece is sent to the determined correct address.