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  2. Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    A postal address in Ireland is a place of delivery defined by Irish Standard (IS) EN 14142-1:2011 ("Postal services. Address databases") and serviced by the universal service provider , An Post . Its addressing guides comply with the guidelines of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), the United Nations-affiliated body responsible for promoting ...

  3. 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] A full postcode is known as a "postcode unit ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Forms of address in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    In court (assembly, presbytery and session) a person may only be addressed as Mr, Mrs, Miss, Dr, Prof, etc. depending on academic achievement. Thus ministers are correctly addressed as, for example, Mr Smith or Mrs Smith unless they have a higher degree or academic appointment e.g. Dr Smith or Prof. Smith.

  6. List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The format was of the form NOR or CRO followed by two numbers and a letter, e.g. NOR 07A. They were later changed to CR0 (digit '0') and NR1. Dublin, Ireland. When Ireland was a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland a postal district system was introduced in 1917

  7. Postal counties of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The postal counties of the United Kingdom, now known as former postal counties, [1] were postal subdivisions in routine use by the Royal Mail until 1996. [2] The purpose of the postal county – as opposed to any other kind of county – was to aid the sorting of mail by differentiating between like-sounding post towns.

  8. List of postal codes - Wikipedia

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    It is presented in the format A12 A1BC The first 3 characters are a routing key referring to a postal district, and the second 4 characters are a unique, pseudorandom identifier for individual properties. The codes are only used in full 7-character format. See: www.eircode.ie for more information. See also Republic of Ireland postal addresses.

  9. List of Eircode routing areas in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The list of Eircode routing key areas in Ireland is a tabulation of the routing key areas used by An Post and other mail delivery services for the purposes of directing mail within Ireland. A routing key area "defines a principal post town" [1] according to An Post. There are currently 139 routing key areas in the country.