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  2. Locatable Address Conversion System - Wikipedia

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    Locatable Address Conversion System (LACS) is a service offered by the United States Postal Service to update mailing addresses when a street is renamed or the address is updated for 911. In the case of 911, the address is changed from a rural route format to an urban/city route format. E.G. RR 2 BOX 8, SOME CITY, TX would become 2601 BELMONT ...

  3. ZIP Code - Wikipedia

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    A 1974 postage stamp encouraging people to use the ZIP Code on letters and parcels. 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 ...

  4. POSTNET - Wikipedia

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    POSTNET. POSTNET ( Post al N umeric E ncoding T echnique) is a barcode symbology used by the United States Postal Service to assist in directing mail. The ZIP Code or ZIP+4 code is encoded in half- and full-height bars. [1] Most often, the delivery point is added, usually being the last two digits of the address or PO box number.

  5. Postal codes in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    The postal code system of Vietnam has officially been changed from 6 digits to 5 digits. Each country has its own separate postal code or zip code system. The postal code of Vietnam is composed of 5 digits, with the following meanings: [2] [3] The first digit determines the area code. The first two characters identify the centrally-governed ...

  6. Postal codes in Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Postal codes in Taiwan. Postal codes ( Chinese: 郵遞區號; pinyin: Yóudì qūhào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iû-tē khu-hō) in Taiwan is a system of three + three digits used by Chunghwa Post. [1] There are 368 sets of three-digit codes for townships, county-administered cities, and districts in Taiwan . The cities of Chiayi and Hsinchu have a ...

  7. Postal code - Wikipedia

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    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 lists 160 ...

  8. Postal addresses in Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    The address of Chunghwa Post, which is located directly on a main street in Taipei, is written in Chinese as (old 3+2 postal code: 10603): 106409 臺北市大安區 金山南路2段55號 Reversing the order, the English address, also with 3+3 postal code: No.55, Sec. 2, Jinshan S. Rd., Da-an District, Taipei City 106409, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

  9. Geocode - Wikipedia

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    In use, postal codes. Geocodes in use, as postal codes. A geocode recognized by Universal Postal Union and adopted as "official postal code" by a country, is also a valid postal code. Not all postal codes are geographic, and for some postal code systems, there are codes that are not geocodes (e.g. in UK system). Samples, not a complete list: