Originally posted by Robanstan_AU ... if you can't get some help a bit closer, I might be able to help. I am in Australia, but when you think about it, it's only a flight away, and with 'tracking' on registered mail, you would be very unlucky for the parcel to get lost. I have a pro 35mm slide scanner, (3600dpi+) depends on what you want the images for. I would do a bit of correction & dust removal as well, just like to see a neat job!
Tracking with registered mail works like this. It's scanned just before it enters the plane and it's scanned just after it has left the plane. In between there is nothing. I have family that is already waiting for over 5 years now for a registered mail with photos. Post office here states that it has left the country (ZA) but Dutch post says that it never entered NL; it probably fell out of the plane (although I think it never entered the plane).
I visited that family a while ago and made copies that I hand delivered. So I no longer use the local post office for anything of importance (either into this country or leaving this country) if it can be prevented.
Now my hope is on courier services and UPS managed to loose my parcel with two katzeye screens about a week ago
It arrived in Germany but never left the country. Still under investigation so there is hope.
Sorry, but you were a bit too optimistic with regards to tracking. If it disappears, it disappears and will possibly never be found back.