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Post office sign in Farrer, Australian Capital Territory, showing postcode 2607. 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.
Part of the Australian postal code system. Cocos (Keeling) Island: CC: NNNN Part of the Australian postal code system. Colombia: CO: NNNNNN First NN = 32 departments: Comoros: KM: no codes Congo (Brazzaville) CG: no codes Congo, Democratic Republic: CD: no codes Cook Islands: CK: no codes Costa Rica: 31 March 2007 CR: NNNNN NNNNN-NNNN Was NNNN ...
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Learn the history and meaning of usps postal codes, why it's called a ZIP code, whether a postal code is a ZIP code, and what ZIP code numbers stand for.
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).
Postal codes by country (7 C, 99 P) Postal history by country (11 C, 12 P) Philately by country (149 C, 134 P) Postage rates by country (5 P)
The word Post is derived from Old French poste, which ultimately stems from the past participle of the Latin verb ponere 'to lay down or place'. [3] So in the U.K., the Royal Mail delivers the post, while in North America both the U.S. Postal Service and Canada Post deliver the mail. The term email, short for "electronic mail", first appeared ...
The Philippine Postal Corporation refers to the postal codes as ZIP codes because despite being long independent from U.S. colonization, the government still has a predilection towards the U.S. This an example of colonial mentality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.125.33.139 19:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)