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Notwithstanding this, some street names historically and linguistically do not carry a suffix, e.g. Broadway, Rampart, Embarcadero. This list below has examples of suffix forms that are primary street suffix names, common street suffixes or suffix abbreviations, recommended by the United States Postal Service. [2]
Before an address can be certified as deliverable (CASS-certified), it must first be standardized. Standardization converts an address into a standard format by correcting the address, if possible, and adding missing information, such as a ZIP code, to produce a complete address containing a street address, city, state, and ZIP code.
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.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has established a set of uppercase abbreviations to help process mail with optical character recognition and other automated equipment. [15] There are also official USPS abbreviations for other parts of the address, such as street designators (street, avenue, road, etc.).
Two letter postal codes for each of the nation's 18 administrative regions (e.g. AW for Awdal, BN for Banaadir, BR for Bari and SL for Sool). [25] South Africa: 8 October 1973 ZA: NNNN Postal codes are allocated to individual Post Office branches, some have two codes to differentiate between P.O. Boxes and street delivery addresses.
Here's why State Street doesn't have a NE or SE suffix like every other street, avenue, drive, place, way or lane east of the Willamette in Salem.
Here's the scoop: the J.W. Westcott Co. started delivering mail to ships in the late 19th century, eventually becoming an official U.S. Postal Service mail boat in the late 1940s.
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