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| | Postal codes speed mail around the world |
 | | The ZIP code project was announced by Postmaster General J. Edward Day in November 1962, to go into effect on July 1, 1963, the 100th anniversary of free city delivery of mail in the United States. |
 | | Zip was on announcements mailed to 72 million addresses, on buttons worn by 50,000 window clerks, on uniforms of 125,000 letter carriers and decals on 400,000 mailboxes. |
 | | Zip's Japanese cousin is shown in Figure 7, next to the 15-yen Mailbox and Postal Code Symbol stamp, Scott 998, issued on the first anniversary of the Japanese postal code. |
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