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The first Directory of Post Offices using five-digit ZIP code numbers would be published in 1963. [1] The "Mr. ZIP" cartoon character that was seen on postal delivery vehicles across the United States was originally developed by ad man Harold Wilcox, whose father was a postman.
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 code ...
All of the ZIP Codes under the 219 prefix are located in Cecil County, Maryland. Certain prefixes in West Virginia have two main offices. In these instances, one main office is given the first code, followed by the usual alphabetical order, then resetting to the second main office, followed by its surrounding offices alphabetically.
The first number in a ZIP code corresponds to the state an address is located in, acting as the primary initial destination of a letter or package. They are broken down as follows: 0: Connecticut ...
United States Minor Outlying Islands: UM: 96898 Mostly uninhabited. There is only one postal code in use, 96898 Wake Island. Uruguay: UY: NNNNN U.S. Virgin Islands: 1 July 1963 VI: NNNNN, NNNNN-NNNN U.S. ZIP codes. Range 00801–00851. Uzbekistan: 13 May 2005 UZ: NNNNNN [30] Vanuatu: VU: no codes Vatican: VA: 00120 Single code used for all ...
The original configuration of the North American Numbering Plan assigned eighty-six area codes in October 1947, one each to every numbering plan area. The territories of the United States, which included Alaska, and Hawaii, did not receive area codes at first, nor did the territories of Canada or Newfoundland and Labrador, which was a British ...
ANSI. 2-letter and 2-digit codes from the ANSI standard INCITS 38:2009 (supersedes FIPS 5-2) USPS. 2-letter codes used by the United States Postal Service. USCG. 2-letter codes used by the United States Coast Guard (bold red text shows differences between ANSI and USCG) Abbreviations: GPO. Older variable-length official US Government Printing ...
1962 1 July - Burundi issues its first stamps. 1963 - United States introduces the ZIP Code. 1963 1 February - British Antarctic Territory issues its first stamps. 1963 12 December - Kenya issues its first stamps. 1964 - First stamps issued by independent Republic of Malta. 1964 - 9 February - Sierra Leone issues the world's first self-adhesive ...