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  2. POSTNET - Wikipedia

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    0. 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.

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. Postal codes in Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    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 single code covering all their ...

  6. Postal codes in South Korea - Wikipedia

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    Large post offices used a three-digit postal code, and small offices a five-digit code. For example, the Seoul Central Post Office's code was 100, and the Seoul Susaek-dong Post Office's was 120-01. Codes in the 700s were assigned to military posts, in the 800s to Hwanghae , the 900s to Pyongan , and the 000 range to Hamgyong.

  7. Postal codes in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Postal codes in Canada. A Canadian postal code (French: code postal) is a six-character string that forms part of a postal address in Canada. [1] Like British, Irish and Dutch postcodes, Canada's postal codes are alphanumeric. They are in the format A1A 1A1, where A is a letter and 1 is a digit, with a space separating the third and fourth ...

  8. Post office box - Wikipedia

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    PO boxes in the lobby of a U.S. post office. Post office boxes are usually mounted in a wall of the post office, either an external wall or a wall in a lobby, so that staff on the inside may deposit mail in a box, while a key holder (some older post office boxes use a combination dial instead of a key) in the lobby or on the outside of the building may open their box to retrieve the mail.

  9. Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    No street address, town, or addressee name was provided but the card was correctly delivered days later. 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 ...