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Originally Posted by Sal
Perhaps one of the very intelligent/knowledgeable people who inhabit/haunt this forum can tell me why we need to include the name of the town, when addressing envelopes, when the zip-code does the job.
Why do we have to spell out M O U L T O N B O R O U G H when 03254 clearly denotes the intended location? In fact, if one uses the zip-code-plus four, why do we need to include a street address.
Strikes me that a NAME and a zip+4 should get a piece of mail delivered to its intended destination. Otherwise, WHY use these NUMBERS at all???
Enquiring minds ......
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I used to work in 3rd Class mail printing and dropping for a large (very large!) off-set printing company... I can explain some of it - perhaps others can add to this...
Because if you miss a number in the ZIP code it will help the mail sorters to get the mail to you. And some times - not often - a ZIP code won't necessarily be town-specific. I've seen Alton addresses with a Wolfeboro ZIP because that's how the mail is delivered (and the houses were right on the Alton/Wolfeboro line).