What is postal code?
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Postal code is to other countries was a ZIP code is to the US, it is a way to better target the letter in the sorting process
a postal code is a number that tells the post office what city the letter or package is going to.
zip code
The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.
It's a series of letters & numbers used to help the post offices know where to send certain mail. It's Letter, #, Letter (space here) #, Letter # For ex. T2R 4E2 I have NO idea where that is btw lol. Each province in Canada has a diff't letter. In Manitoba the first letter of every postal code is R.
Postal code: codes used by postal services to divide large geographic areas into discrete zones in order to simplify delivery. In Canada, postal codes are six-character strings structured in the alphanumeric format Letter/Number/Letter; full space; Number/Letter/Number—for example, A1A 1A1. The first three characters of the postal code are known as the Forward Sortation Area (FSA), and represent a geographic area; the final three characters of the postal code are known as the Local Distribution Unit, and identify part or all of a street, an apartment building, or a group of rural post offices.
A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail.
Germany was the world's first country to introduce a postal code system in 1941. The United Kingdom followed in 1959 and the United States in 1963.
In February 2005, 117 of the 190 countries members of the Universal Postal Union had post code systems. Examples of countries that do not are: Ireland (although a national postal code system will be introduced in 2008 [1]), Hong Kong, and Panama.
Although postal codes are usually assigned to geographical areas, sometimes this is not the case: special codes may be assigned to individual addresses or to institutions with large volumes of post, such as government agencies and large commercial companies. One example is the French Cedex system
Postal codes are more than zip codes that direct mail to get to specific areas. There are international postal codes that allow or restrict specific types of items from entering countries that have restrictions. And certain items like flamables are never allowed as stated in the postal codes.
I am sure each country has their own version, but in the US you can view it on-line at http://www.usps.com/homearea/sitemap.htm.
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