Table of Contents: 2 Postal Addressing Standards
2
Postal Addressing Standards
21
General
211
Standardized Delivery Address Line and Last Line
212
Format
213
Secondary Address Unit Designators
213.1
Common Designators
213.2
Pound Sign (#)
213.3
Alternate Location
214
Attention Line
215
Dual Addresses
22
Last Line of the Address
221
City Names
222
Punctuation
223
Spelling of City Names
224
Format
225
Military Addresses
225.1
Overseas Locations
225.2
Domestic Locations
226
Preprinted Delivery Point Barcodes
23
Delivery Address Line
231
Components
232
Street Name
233
Directionals
233.1
Abbreviations
233.2
Single Directionals
233.3
Directional as Part of Street Name
234
Suffixes
234.1
Abbreviations
234.2
Two Suffixes
235
Numeric Street Names
236
Corner Addresses
237
Highways
238
Military Addresses
238.1
Overseas Locations
238.2
Domestic Locations
24
Rural Route Addresses
241
Format
242
Leading Zero
243
Hyphens
244
Designations RFD and RD
245
Additional Designations
246
ZIP+4
25
Highway Contract Route Addresses
251
Format
252
Leading Zero
253
Hyphens
254
Star Route Designations
255
Additional Designations
256
ZIP+4
26
General Delivery Addresses
261
Format
262
ZIP Code or ZIP+4
27
United States Postal Service Addresses
271
Format
272
ZIP Code or ZIP+4
28
Post Office Box Addresses
281
Format
282
Leading Zero
283
Designations
284
Private Mailbox Addresses
29
Puerto Rico Addresses
291
Format
292
Urbanization
293
Common Translations
294
Spanish Directionals
295
Delivery Address Line
295.1
General
295.2
Street Names
295.3
Numbered Streets
295.4
House Numbers
295.5
Urbanization
295.6
Post Office Box
295.7
Rural Route
