A postal code is a series of letters and/or numerical digits appended to a address (geography) for the purpose of sorting mail. The vast majority of the world's national mails have postal code systems. A few do not: Ireland and Hong Kong, for example, do not have postal codes#Footnote, while New Zealand's New Zealand postal addresses is only used for the presorting of mail in bulk, not for addressing individual items. Postal services often have their own distinctive formats and placement rules for postal codes. (Service areas, as a rule, are defined by national borders.) In most English-speaking countries, the postal code goes after the name of the city or town, whereas in most continental European countries it goes before it and is sometimes prefixed with a country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2). Although postal codes are usually assigned to geographical areas, sometimes this is not the case: special codes may be assigned to institutions with large volumes of post, such as government agencies and large commercial companies. One example is the French Cedex (France) system. == Alphanumeric postal codes == Most postal codes are numeric. The few using alphanumeric postal code systems (with letters and digits) are: *Argentina *Bermuda *Brunei *Canada *Malta *Netherlands *United Kingdom *Venezuela == Postal zone numbers == Before postal codes as described here were used, large cities were often divided into ''postal zones'' (or ''postal districts''), usually numbered from 1 up within each city. The newer postal code systems often incorporate the old zone numbers, as with London postal district numbers, for example. Dublin, Ireland still uses postal district numbers, as postal codes are not used in the country at all. (An Post relies on Optical character recognition analysis of the entire address instead.) In New Zealand, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch were also subdivided into postal zones, but these have fallen into disuse. ==See also== *Universal Postal Union (UPU) *List of postal codes — for all countries (shows each country system's respective syntax only) *Lists of postal codes — index to full postal code lists for each country *Postcode — article about British postcodes *ZIP code — article about U.S. postcodes *Canadian postal code *:Category:Lists of postal codes == External links == * [http://www.upu.int/post_code/en/countries/ UPU files for every country] in Portable_Document_Format * [http://www.magma.ca/~djcl/postcd.txt Formats of all countries' postal codes] * [http://www.postoo.com French postal codes] * [http://www.postalcodedownload.com Canadian postal codes] *[http://www.telefoongids.2link.be International zip codes] == Footnote == 1 Irish postal district/zone numbers (see #Postal_zone_numbers) are Dublin postal districts. Confusingly, these postal zone numbers are sometimes also called postal codes—which could be seen as technically incorrect. In addition, at the time of writing Ireland is currently in the processing of creating a Postcode system for the state. Geocodes Lists of postal codes
Put your text for the new page here. Dear Sirs or Madams: Please inform me if an information source where I may locate a list of nations of the world that "do not" have postal codes. Your assistance shall be sincerely appreciated. Thank you, C. Robert Keathley, opa@pflash.com ---- Hm, well that's an interesting enquiry ... the encyclopedia doesn't usually work ''quite'' like that, it usually tries to grow the encylopedia itself, rather than respond directly to enquiries ... and yours is particularly tricky because you're looking for an ''absence'' of something, which might be a bit hard to see! Have you tried the [http://www.upu.int/ (external link to) Universal Postal Union] website? They have a section on postcodes - maybe you will get some help there. Good luck. By the way I have responded here rathert than dirrectly to your email becasue I sort of think that's more what we should be doing. I hope this helps. User:Nevilley 18:13 Dec 11, 2002 (UTC) ---- Can 'numbers' and 'digits' be used interchangeably? I thought numbers could consist of any number of digits, but I am not a native speaker of English. User:213.84.199.98 You're right, though. User:Deb 17:28, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC) Thanks Deb. Here's my next question: according to the text, 'Every nation has a different format and placement for the postal code'. Is this really nation dependendant, or more like postal company dependant? It strikes me as odd that nations would interfere with a company's business methods. User:Branko We only have one real postal company in the UK - the Royal Mail - and they make the decisions, I believe. Couriers and other delivery companies use the postcodes specified by the Royal Mail. User:Deb 19:59, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC) :Same in Canada...Canada Post is government-run, so it's not that the government is interfering with a private business. Other companies just use the postal codes specified by Canada Post. User:Adam Bishop 20:04, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC) --------- I think it would be better if the examples used 1 and A instead of D and L. Eg, UK postcode would be AA11 1AA. opinions? -- User:Tarquin 11:21, 16 Nov 2003 (UTC) :if we change it, we should look at other articles as well. i once change inconsistance between AN and LD. *A1 - is more like example *AN - AlphaNumeric and the same as in UPU-documents *DL - User:Tobias Conradi 19:50, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC) == Do the country names need to be bold? == Do the country names need to be bold? --User:Hemanshu 12:25, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC) == Date of changeover == I was seeking the year in which the zip code replaced the old postal zones in the U.S. Might be a nice addition to the page on postal codes. JD
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A postal code is a series of letters and/or numerical digits appended to a address (geography) for the purpose of sorting mail. The vast majority of the world's national mails have postal code systems. A few do not: Ireland and Hong Kong, for example, do not have postal codes#Footnote, while New Zealand's New Zealand postal addresses is only used for the presorting of mail in bulk, not for addressing individual items. Postal services often have their own distinctive formats and placement rules for postal codes. (Service areas, as a rule, are defined by national borders.) In most English-speaking countries, the postal code goes after the name of the city or town, whereas in most continental European countries it goes before it and is sometimes prefixed with a country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2). Although postal codes are usually assigned to geographical areas, sometimes this is not the case: special codes may be assigned to institutions with large volumes of post, such as government agencies and large commercial companies. One example is the French Cedex (France) system. == Alphanumeric postal codes == Most postal codes are numeric. The few using alphanumeric postal code systems (with letters and digits) are: *Argentina *Bermuda *Brunei *Canada *Malta *Netherlands *United Kingdom *Venezuela == Postal zone numbers == Before postal codes as described here were used, large cities were often divided into ''postal zones'' (or ''postal districts''), usually numbered from 1 up within each city. The newer postal code systems often incorporate the old zone numbers, as with London postal district numbers, for example. Dublin, Ireland still uses postal district numbers, as postal codes are not used in the country at all. (An Post relies on Optical character recognition analysis of the entire address instead.) In New Zealand, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch were also subdivided into postal zones, but these have fallen into disuse. ==See also== *Universal Postal Union (UPU) *List of postal codes — for all countries (shows each country system's respective syntax only) *Lists of postal codes — index to full postal code lists for each country *Postcode — article about British postcodes *ZIP code — article about U.S. postcodes *Canadian postal code *:Category:Lists of postal codes == External links == * [http://www.upu.int/post_code/en/countries/ UPU files for every country] in Portable_Document_Format * [http://www.magma.ca/~djcl/postcd.txt Formats of all countries' postal codes] * [http://www.postoo.com French postal codes] * [http://www.postalcodedownload.com Canadian postal codes] *[http://www.telefoongids.2link.be International zip codes] == Footnote == 1 Irish postal district/zone numbers (see #Postal_zone_numbers) are Dublin postal districts. Confusingly, these postal zone numbers are sometimes also called postal codes—which could be seen as technically incorrect. In addition, at the time of writing Ireland is currently in the processing of creating a Postcode system for the state. Geocodes Lists of postal codes
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Put your text for the new page here. Dear Sirs or Madams: Please inform me if an information source where I may locate a list of nations of the world that "do not" have postal codes. Your assistance shall be sincerely appreciated. Thank you, C. Robert Keathley, opa@pflash.com ---- Hm, well that's an interesting enquiry ... the encyclopedia doesn't usually work ''quite'' like that, it usually tries to grow the encylopedia itself, rather than respond directly to enquiries ... and yours is particularly tricky because you're looking for an ''absence'' of something, which might be a bit hard to see! Have you tried the [http://www.upu.int/ (external link to) Universal Postal Union] website? They have a section on postcodes - maybe you will get some help there. Good luck. By the way I have responded here rathert than dirrectly to your email becasue I sort of think that's more what we should be doing. I hope this helps. User:Nevilley 18:13 Dec 11, 2002 (UTC) ---- Can 'numbers' and 'digits' be used interchangeably? I thought numbers could consist of any number of digits, but I am not a native speaker of English. User:213.84.199.98 You're right, though. User:Deb 17:28, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC) Thanks Deb. Here's my next question: according to the text, 'Every nation has a different format and placement for the postal code'. Is this really nation dependendant, or more like postal company dependant? It strikes me as odd that nations would interfere with a company's business methods. User:Branko We only have one real postal company in the UK - the Royal Mail - and they make the decisions, I believe. Couriers and other delivery companies use the postcodes specified by the Royal Mail. User:Deb 19:59, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC) :Same in Canada...Canada Post is government-run, so it's not that the government is interfering with a private business. Other companies just use the postal codes specified by Canada Post. User:Adam Bishop 20:04, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC) --------- I think it would be better if the examples used 1 and A instead of D and L. Eg, UK postcode would be AA11 1AA. opinions? -- User:Tarquin 11:21, 16 Nov 2003 (UTC) :if we change it, we should look at other articles as well. i once change inconsistance between AN and LD. *A1 - is more like example *AN - AlphaNumeric and the same as in UPU-documents *DL - User:Tobias Conradi 19:50, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC) == Do the country names need to be bold? == Do the country names need to be bold? --User:Hemanshu 12:25, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC) == Date of changeover == I was seeking the year in which the zip code replaced the old postal zones in the U.S. Might be a nice addition to the page on postal codes. JD
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