This list shows an overview of postal code notation schemes for all countries that have postal or ZIP Code systems. However, if you provide this dummy code where your address label will be electronically created, the system may change the destination country to "Hong Kong S.
Use an alternate dummy instead e. Single exception where its D6W???? It is presented in the format A12 A1BC The first 3 characters are a routing key referring to a postal district, and the second 4 characters are a unique, pseudorandom identifier for individual properties. The codes are only used in full 7-character format. See: www. See also Republic of Ireland postal addresses.
Before the suspension, the first two letters of a national post code were always 'JM' for Jamaica while the third was for one of the four zones A-D into which the island was divided. The last two letters were for the parish, while the two digits were for the local post office.
NO- prefix is used recommended, but not mandatory to be used for international mail to Norway [ 23 ]. The use of the country codes in conjunction with postal codes started as a recommendation from CEPT European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations in the s. In the original CEPT recommendation the distinguishing signs of motor vehicles in international traffic "car codes" were placed before the postal code, and separated from it by a "-" dash.
Codes were only used on international mail and were hardly ever used internally in each country. Since the late s, however, a number of postal administrations have changed the recommended codes to the two-letter country codes of ISO This would allow a universal, standardized code set to be used, and bring it in line with country codes used elsewhere in the UPU Universal Postal Union. Attempts were also made without success to make this part of the official address guidelines of the UPU.
