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L002 3-Digit ZIP Code Prefix Matrix, Effective Date 2017-04-01, from USPS Facility Access and Shipment Tracking (FAST) L005 3-Digit ZIP Code Prefix Groups—SCF Sortation, Effective Date 2017-04-01, from USPS Facilities Access and Shipment Tracking (FAST) G030 Postal Zones; G042 Pricing and Classification Service Center
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.
English: This map of the United States divides the country into ZIP code zones. All states with a common colour use ZIP codes starting with the same digit. Each string of digits, whether two or three digits in length, refers to an allocation which reflects all existing ZIP codes starting with those two or three digits.
Origin ZIP ISC name Airport Location 005, 010-089, 100-212, 214-268, 270-297, 400-418, 420-427, 470-477 ISC New York NY John F. Kennedy International Airport
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.
A map of central Mexicali, Baja California, showing postal code allocations. Postal codes in Mexico are issued by Correos de México, the national postal service. They are of five digits and modelled on the United States Postal Service's ZIP Code system. The first two digits identify a federal entity (or part thereof). [1]
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.
A postal code typically consists of an island code, a hyphen separator, and a section code. They were introduced in 2006. [1] The name of each island functions as the "post town"; the name of the settlement or locality is not used to route mail. There are only three island codes: KY1 for Grand Cayman, KY2 for Cayman Brac, and KY3 for Little Cayman.