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Publication 28 - Postal Addressing Standards
  • Publication 28 - Postal Addressing Standards

  • Introduction
    • 11 Background
      • 111 Purpose
      • 112 Scope
      • 113 Additional Benefits
    • 12 Overview
      • 121 List Maintenance
      • 122 List Correction
      • 123 Updates
      • 124 Address Output
      • 125 Deliverability
  • 2 Postal Addressing Standards
    • 21 General
      • 211 Standardized Delivery Address Line and Last Line
      • 212 Format
      • 213 Secondary Address Unit Designators
      • 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
      • 226 Preprinted Delivery Point Barcodes
    • 23 Delivery Address Line
      • 231 Components
      • 232 Street Name
      • 233 Directionals
      • 234 Suffixes
      • 235 Numeric Street Names
      • 236 Corner Addresses
      • 237 Highways
      • 238 Military Addresses
      • 239 Department of State Addresses
    • 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
  • 3 Business Addressing Standards
    • 31 General
      • 311 Joint Industry and Postal Service Standardization Efforts
      • 312 Unique Addressing Issues
      • 313 Business Address Standardization Factors
      • 314 Purpose of Standardization
    • 32 Scope of Standardization
      • 321 Benefits
      • 322 Business-to-Business List Maintenance
      • 323 Business-to-Business List Correction
      • 324 Business-to-Business List Updates
      • 325 Business-to-Business Address Output
      • 326 Business-to-Business Deliverability
    • 34 Line Removal Guidelines
      • 341 Sample Business Address Format
      • 342 Primary Considerations
      • 343 Address Line Removal
    • 35 Address Data Element Compression Guidelines
      • 351 Removal and Deletion Restrictions
      • 352 Abbreviations
      • 353 Right-to-Left Evaluation
      • 354 Special Characters
      • 355 Remove Certain Words
      • 356 Wrapping
      • 357 Line #9 Compression
      • 358 Standard State Name Abbreviations
      • 359 Repetitive Word Removal
      • 3510 Short-Ending Substitution
      • 3511 Last Word Abbreviations
      • 3512 Vowel Removal
  • Appendix A
    • A1 Readability
    • A2 Address Types
    • A3 International Addresses
      • A31 General Requirements
      • A32 Canada Only
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
    • C1 Street Suffix Abbreviations
    • C2 Secondary Unit Designators
  • Appendix D
    • D1 Hyphenated Address Ranges
    • D2 Grid Style Addresses
    • D3 Alphanumeric Combinations of Address Ranges
    • D4 Fractional Addresses
    • D5 Spanish and Other Foreign Words
  • Appendix E
    • E1 Format
      • E11 Determining Address Ranges
      • E12 Alphanumeric Ranges
      • E13 Fractional Addresses
  • Appendix F
  • Appendix G
  • Appendix H
  • Appendix I
    • I1 General
      • I11 Complete Address
      • I12 Standardized Address
    • I2 Address Formats
      • I21 Residential Addresses
      • I22 Apartment Buildings and Condominiums
      • I3 Descriptive Spanish Words
    • I4 Directionals
    • I5 Delivery Address Line
      • I51 Components
  • Appendix J
    • J1 Address Formats
    • J2 Physical Addresses
    • J3 Post Office Box Addresses

Publication 28 - Postal Addressing Standards > 2 Postal Addressing Standards > 22 Last Line of the Address > 224 Format

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224 Format

Format the Last Line with at least one space between the city name, two–character state abbreviation, and ZIP+4 Code.

One space between city and state abbreviation. Two spaces between state abbreviation and zip code.

Note: Two spaces are preferred between the state abbreviation and ZIP+4 Code.




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