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I used to work with a guy who would send mail to his mom at: > Ma > <postcode> > Scotland Supposedly it worked because his local postman knew there was only

• viraptor 6y ago
  In the UK the postcode would be often applied to only one street (or a part of a street). This means in practice you get small villages with a postcode that covers 2 houses for example. The local postman could likely know the residents well enough in that case.
• jjp 6y ago
  Average number of properties per post code is 15 (max about 100), so a lot smaller than a route. And in rural area the routes are often kept to the same small group of staff for years.
• Symbiote 6y ago
  SW1A 1AA is sufficient for a letter to Buckingham Palace. You should probably include the name of the person. It's not unusual. The university residence halls I lived in had postcodes unique to the building, and my first employer in London has several postcodes for several nearby buildings.
• 7952 6y ago
  I have sent something to "{name} Somewhere near the brewery {town}" and it reached the destination. They will often try and deliver these kind of incomplete addresses.
  • howlgarnish 6y ago
    Many postal systems have a "difficult cases" department whose job is to try to decipher otherwise undeliverable addresses.