<div dir="ltr">OK. I'm seriously thinking of compiling this thread into a series of textbooks, starting with: "The Joy of Postal Codes, Volume 1: the Database Storage Issues."<div><br></div><div>The complete international postal code smorgasbord can be found here... <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_postal_codes">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_postal_codes</a></div>
<div><br></div><div style>Mark</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 June 2013 20:31, Roland Gesthuizen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com" target="_blank">rgesthuizen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Now I am curious .. wondering out aloud if countries insist upon anything other than traditional alphanumeric characters? <div>
<br></div><div>From memory in London, the two letters at the end of the postcode numbers were only used to help divide up the mail for the postal delivery routes. Nothing special but I may be wrong.<div><div>
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<br><div><div>On 03/06/2013, at 2:20 PM, Andrew Shortell <<a href="mailto:shortell@get2me.net" target="_blank">shortell@get2me.net</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">also in USA there are ZIP codes that begin with two leading zeros <div>
<br></div><div>Quote: </div><div><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">many of the lowest ZIP codes, which begin with '0', are in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England" title="New England" style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">New England</a><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> region. Also in the '0' region are </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey" style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">New Jersey</a><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> (non-contiguous with the remainder of the '0' area), </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico" style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">Puerto Rico</a><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">, the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Virgin_Islands" title="US Virgin Islands" style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">US Virgin Islands</a><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APO/FPO" title="APO/FPO" style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">APO/FPO</a><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> military addresses for personnel stationed in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe" style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">Europe</a><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" title="Africa" style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">Africa</a><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Asia" title="Southwest Asia" style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">Southwest Asia</a><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> and aboard vessels based in the waters adjoining those lands; APO/FPO addresses are also used by U.S. diplomatic and consulary facilities. The lowest ZIP code is in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holtsville,_New_York" title="Holtsville, New York" style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">Holtsville, New York</a><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> (00501, a ZIP code exclusively for the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Internal_Revenue_Service" title="U.S. Internal Revenue Service" style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">U.S. Internal Revenue Service</a><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> center there). </span></div>
<div><br></div><div>source <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_Codes" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_Codes</a></div><div><br></div><div>Also they too have postcodes/zip codes that cross state boundaries for post office convenience</div>
<div><br></div><div>This has certainly become esoteric and thus fascinating!</div><div>Andrew </div><div><br><div>
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