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  2. ZIP Code - Wikipedia

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    A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan[1]) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS). The term ZIP was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently and quickly [2] (zipping along) when senders use the code in the postal address. Introduced on July 1, 1963, the basic format comprised five ...

  3. Postal codes in Ghana - Wikipedia

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    Postal codes were adopted in Ghana on 18 October 2017, following the launch of the National Digital Address System. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As a joint venture between Ghana Post (with support from the Government of Ghana]) and Vokacom Ltd as GhanaPost GPS , the Digital Address System assigned postal codes and unique addresses to every square in Ghana.

  4. Postal code - Wikipedia

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    Postal code. A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. As of August 2021, the Universal Postal Union ...

  5. List of ZIP Code prefixes - Wikipedia

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    The 925 prefix originally covered only Riverside, California. The surrounding offices were originally under the 923 prefix. The present-day 926 prefix range only covers the southern and coastal portion of Orange County. This includes, Irvine, which originally had only ZIP Code, 92650.

  6. Postal Index Number - Wikipedia

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    A Postal Index Number (PIN; sometimes redundantly a PIN code) [note 1] refers to a six-digit code in the Indian postal code system used by India Post. On 15 August ...

  7. Postal codes in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Blk 147 Simei Street 2. Singapore 52 0 147. Blk 147 Tampines Avenue 5. Singapore 52 1 147. Similarly, for a HDB residential block sharing the same number as another block in the same postal sector, but have an added suffix behind are differentiated by their postal codes as follows: Blk 150 Bishan Street 11.

  8. List of postal codes - Wikipedia

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    NNNNN, NNNNN-NNNN. U.S. ZIP codes. ZIP codes 006XX for NW PR, 007XX for SE PR, in which XX designates the town or post office and 009XX for the San Juan Metropolitan Area, in which XX designates the area or borough of San Juan. The last four digits identify an area within the post office.

  9. Postcodes in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Postal codes used in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies are known as postcodes (originally, postal codes). [1] They are alphanumeric and were adopted nationally between 11 October 1959 and 1974, having been devised by the General Post Office (Royal Mail). [2] The system uses alphanumeric codes to designate ...