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I think this is commonly known due to address finders online for shopping etc. providing autofill based on these two items. However, I would be more interested
by burnt-croissant 4y ago
I think this is commonly known due to address finders online for shopping etc. providing autofill based on these two items.
However, I would be more interested to understand how the address is used by the postman delivering the mail.
If you have just a post code, do they have to look up the street name (how?) or is it already pre-organised for them so they know that stack/bag X of letters all corresponds to street Y and so they only really need to look at the door number?
- chipsa 4y agoIt’s a sorting of all the mail to the mail carrier level, so yes, they do only need to look at the door number. Similarly the ZIP+4 in the US will give down to some fraction of the mail carrier’s route, that they can then sort to a monotonically increasing delivery point number, that is where the carrier actually stops. A full barcode includes the delivery point, but it’s not usually included on the written address.