Internal Controls Over Stamp Stock Shipments ― Central Square Post Office, Cambridge, MA

Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City, MO, fulfills stamp orders from postal retail units. Retail units are responsible for identifying and locating missing stamp stock shipments. When retail units do not resolve discrepancies timely, Accounting Services records an expense to the units for the difference. Our objective was to determine whether internal controls over stamp stock shipments were in place and effective at the Central Square Post Office, Cambridge, MA.