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| | FRANK'S COMPULSIVE GUIDE TO POSTAL ADDRESSES |
 | | The second most important line is the one just above the country name, that shows the town, and sometimes the major subdivision of the country, known as the state, province, county, district, land, shire, department, oblast, autonomous region, etc, depending on the country, and often a postal code to aid in automated sorting. |
 | | In most countries where the postal code is on the right, we separate it by two (2) spaces (unless it is very short, as in "Dublin 4" although, strictly speaking, that's a postal zone, not a postal code). |
 | | In some countries (like the USA and Canada) the province (state, county, etc) is necessary, in others it is omitted, and in others it is either optional, or needed in some cases but omitted in others. |
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