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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 ...
Each cell in this table contains a three-digit ZIP code prefix, the state where that ZIP code prefix is located, and the name of the United States Postal Service (USPS) Sectional Center Facility (SCF) that serves that ZIP code prefix, which may be in a different state. Each SCF may serve more than one three-digit ZIP code prefix.
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.
If the address is valid, it is assigned a ZIP+4 code something like this: 12344-5678, where the first five digits are the ZIP code and the trailing four digits are the delivery range. An address with a ZIP+4 code (or nine-digit ZIP code) is considered to be valid. In most cases, this means that the address is deliverable.
NNNNN-NNNN for home delivery. A complete 13-digit code has 5-digit number representing region, sector, city, and zone; 4-digit X between 2000 and 5999; 4-digit Y between 6000 and 9999. [ 22] Digits of 5-digit code may represent postal region, sector, branch, section, and block respectively. [ 23] Senegal.
Postal codes in Puerto Rico, a United States commonwealth, are part of the United States ZIP code system. Puerto Rico is allocated the ZIP codes 00600 to 00799 and 00900 to 00999; the 008xx codes are allocated to the nearby United States Virgin Islands. Both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are served from the sectional center facility ...
Postal codes in Mexico are issued by Correos de México, the national postal service.They are of five digits and modelled on the US ZIP Code system. The first two digits identify a state (or part thereof); and assignments are done alphabetically by state name, except for codes in the 01xxx–16xxx range which identify the delegaciones (boroughs) of Mexico City.
123 Example Street. Beverly Hills, California 90210. Your billing zip code, or credit card postal code, is the five-digit number on the bottom right, which in this sample is 90210. This would be ...