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	United States Postal Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The postal service was created under Benjamin Franklin on July 26, 1775 by decree of the Second Continental Congress.
		Items for local delivery are retained in the postal station while other items are trucked to either the appropriate station if it is within approximately 200 miles, or the airport for transport to more distant destinations.
		All unused US postage stamps issued since 1861 are still valid as postage at their indicated value.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U.S._Postal_Service (3674 words)

	U.S. state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The states, with their U.S. postal abbreviations, traditional abbreviations, capitals and largest cities, are as follows.
		The separate state governments and the U.S. federal government share sovereignty, in that an "American" is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of residence.
		A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, with the District of Columbia, forms the United States of America.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U.S._state (1701 words)

	Abbreviations and Shortened Forms
		Abbreviations of Latin terms are acceptable in tables and other situations where space is limited; in running text, however, the English equivalent is preferred.
		However, abbreviations may be used in mailing addresses or in tabular material.
		Abbreviations formed from proper nouns and many other acronyms CIA, MIT, NBA, AWOL are set in all caps without periods.
	www.neu.edu /styleguide/2_0.html (1100 words)

	postuser.txt
		For us to continue to meet that commitment, we believe it is important for you to be aware of the many services and products available from the Postal Service and to understand how to use them.
		REFUNDS Express Mail The Postal Service issues a 100 percent refund to the mailer if the article was not delivered, delivery was not attempted, or the article did not arrive at the pickup point for delivery to a post office box by the day and time noted on the mailing label.
		The stamp designs are the copyrighted property of the U.S. Postal Service and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the express permission of the Postal Service.
	www.empowermentzone.com /postuser.txt (7235 words)

	List of U.S. states by traditional abbreviation - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This is a list of traditional abbreviations for U.S. states and territories, which were in wide use prior to the U.S. postal abbreviations.
		The United States Government Printing Office (GPO) used a specific set of abbreviations, with some states being unabbreviated, while some additional abbreviations were used by others, with varying degrees of popularity.
		List of U.S. states by traditional abbreviation, United States-related lists, Lists of abbreviations and States of the United States.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Traditional_U.S._state_abbreviations (142 words)

	Encyclopedia: U.S. postal abbreviations
		The United States Postal Service uses two-letter abbreviations for the U.S.
		Postal Service codes for Washington, DC and territories with Federal depository libraries are:
		Postal Service codes for states with Federal depository libraries are:
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/U.S.-postal-abbreviations (134 words)

	U.S. postal abbreviations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		15 state abbreviations are the first and last letter in a state's name.
		For Navy, USMC and USCG postal facilities, use FPO (Fleet Post Office)
		ISO 3166-2 International standard codes for subdivisions of countries – lists similar abbreviations for many more countries
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/State_code (149 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: ZIP Code
		Abbreviations are also assigned for U.S. territories like Puerto Rico (PR) and American Samoa (AS), as well as for several former U.S. Trust Territories in the Pacific, such as the Federated States of Micronesia (FM), which are now separate countries.
		Because Silver Spring (whose postal area includes Wheaton) has its own prefix, 209, there was no need to apply the reshuffling to Silver Spring; instead, all mail going to 209xx ZIP codes was simply rerouted to the new sectional center facility.
		ZIP Codes are numbered with the first digit representing a certain group of U.S. states, the second and third digits together representing a region in that group (or perhaps a large city), and the fourth and fifth digits representing more specific areas, such as small towns or regions of that city.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=ZIP_Code (3059 words)

	Canada Post - Adressage
		Postal codes must be printed in upper case with the first three elements separated from the last three by one space (no hyphens).
		The postal code is a six-character uniformly structured, alphanumeric code in the form “ANA NAN” where “A” represents an alphabetic character and “N” represents a numeric character.
		Urban postal codes are generally serviced by Letter Carrier or community mailboxes; or
	www.canadapost.ca /tools/pg/manual/b03-e.asp (2260 words)

	Mailgate: gov.us.fed.congress.gao.reports: [GAO-01-1025 ] U.S. Postal Service: Few Craft Employees Earn
		Postal Service?s (Service) pay practices for postmasters who supervise craft employees, including information on the Service?s use of a Supervisory Differential Adjustment (SDA) that the Service applies to the pay of firstline supervisors to help ensure that they earn more than their craft employees.
		The Postal Service classified a little more than half of its postmasters as nonexempt from the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act and, as such, they are eligible for overtime pay at timeand- one- half.
		The few remaining postmasters were covered by the Postal Career Executive Service pay schedule, which is comparable to the Civil Service?s Senior Executive Service.
	www.mailgate.org /gov/gov.us.fed.congress.gao.reports/msg03933.html (7422 words)

	Canadian province postal abbreviations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Note that these postal abbreviations may be used in conjunction with the American equivalent, as no two-letter code overlaps.
		This page was last modified 20:48, 21 April 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_province_postal_abbreviations (7422 words)

	U.S. postal abbreviations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		15 state abbreviations are the first and last letter in a state's name.
		The second letter for the remaining 9 states is usually one not found in other states that share a first letter with another state.
		16 states are abbreviated by their first two letters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_postal_abbreviations (7422 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Abbreviations (N-Z)
		SCUD is an abbreviation for Subsonic Cruise Unarmed Decoy
		USC is an abbreviation for University of Southern California
		SSC is an abbreviation for Superconducting Super Collider; Solicitor before the Supreme Courts.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/N3.HTM (7422 words)

	Abbreviations
		Such abbreviations are usually used in tables, source citations, and comments inside parentheses in formal writing.
		Often, it is an open question whether or not to use periods with abbreviations.
		abbreviations if the whole word would be capitalized when written out.
	www.esc.edu /esconline/across_esc/writerscomplex.nsf/wholeshortlinks2/Abbreviations?opendocument (534 words)

	AP_style
		Abbreviate months with six or more letters if they are used with a specific date.
		Abbreviate junior or senior after a name; don't use a comma to set it off: John Jones Jr.
		Abbreviate avenue (Ave.), boulevard (Blvd.) and street (St.) when a complete address is given.
	www.utexas.edu /coc/journalism/SOURCE/journal_links/AP_style.html (818 words)

	UMW - Punctuation & Abbreviations
		For U.S. Postal Service official abbreviations for states, street suffixes and secondary unit designators (apartment, suite, etc.), visit http://www.usps.com and type “abbreviations” in the search box.
		Do not use the two-letter U.S. Postal Service abbreviations in text; these abbreviations should be used only with ZIP codes when addressing envelopes for mailing.
		Below is a list of state names (and the District of Columbia) and the two-letter U.S. Postal Service abbreviations.
	www.umw.edu /policies/style_guide/style_guide_by_category/punctuation__abbreviations/default.php (3621 words)

	U.S. Postal Regulations
		Postal items that do not display the complete name spelled out in full and address of both the sender and the recipient in roman letters (A,B,C) and Arabic numerals (1,2,3) are being denied entry into Canada.
		Regarding mail to Canada, the location of the country name and postal code are interchangeable; either one may be placed on the last line, with the other placed after the city and provincial name.
		A copy of the State Abbreviations Table can be downloaded for your reference.
	admin.siue.edu /postal/postal_regs.htm (672 words)

	U.S. Postal Service to enhance high-tech mail sorters
		The U.S. Postal Service is moving to update some of its first-generation high-tech mail sorters, equipment that was built more than a dozen years ago.
		The US Postal Service was supposed to pay a bonus of approximately $4,000 each to 1,900 former managers.
		Reuters - The U.S. Postal Service on Friday proposed increasing the price of a first-class stamp by 2 cents next year as part of a sweeping rise in rates for most types of mail needed to fund a $3.1 billion escrow account requirement.
	www.stargeek.com /item/74474.html (1833 words)

	Postal Abbreviations - LexisNexis InfoPro - Zimmerman's Research Guide
		In addition, the two-letter postal abbreviations for the 50 states are listed in the World Almanac, the front of the National Zip Code Directory, The New York Public Library Reference Guide and probably many other places.
		The full list of U.S. postal abbreviations are posted on the Internet by the U.S. Postal Service at (www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.htm).
		Julie shares her expertise and experience in the January Column and all the weekly research tips appearing this month.
	www.lexisnexis.com /infopro/zimmerman/disp.aspx?z=1841 (148 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions
		Information on how to address a letter to the U.S., the postal abbreviations for each of the fifty states, the zip code of an address in the U.S., current postal rates in the U.S., can be found at the U.S. Postal Service web site.
		The U.S. Congress is composed of two bodies, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
		Both lists of addresses/telephone numbers for all U.S. embassies and consulates around the world, and of foreign country embassies and consulates in the U.S., are available at the U.S. Department of State Home Page.
	belgrade.usembassy.gov /faq.html (915 words)

	University of New England - Website Guide - Writing Style Guide
		When used with a municipality, use the old-styled abbreviations for states, with upper- and lower-case letters and periods, rather than the U.S. Postal Service abbreviations with all caps: He comes from St. Paul, Minn., but he moved to Alabama in 1996.
		If you are lisiting an specific address on your webpage, you should use the U.S. Postal Service abbreviations.
		The capitalization, numbers and abbreviation rules are for use in writing the text of the page - if you are creating a chart or a table, you don't need to strictly follow these rules, but be consistent within the chart or table.
	www.une.edu /ur/webguide/style.asp (932 words)

	The First Measured Century: Book: Section 15.4
		The new postal system he organized for the Continental Congress was the predecessor of the U.S. Postal Service.
		A substantial and growing volume of letters and other paper documents was handled every day by private express companies that compete with the U.S. Postal Service and offer guaranteed on-time delivery in return for premium charges.
		The number of post offices increased with clocklike regularity from 75 at the founding of the Republic to 77,000 in 1900, when the average post office served less than a thousand people and often gave a local community its name and its boundaries.
	www.pbs.org /fmc/book/15communication4.htm (439 words)

	U.S. Postal Service: Status of Efforts to Protect Privacy of Address Changes (Letter Report, 07/30/1999, GAO/GGD-99-102).
		Local postal delivery units that are in a different Service organizational component and are not under the authority of NCOA program officials appear to be involved in the former problem.
		The Postal Service's national change of address program is intended to improve the quality of addresses on mail by providing business mailers with accurate, properly formatted change-of-address data that are automation compatible.
		However, by creating a postal customers' change-of-address database, the Service is obligated to use and protect the data in compliance with the constraints of applicable federal privacy laws.
	www.glr.com /govt/privacy/addresschange.html (7478 words)

	State Abbreviations and State Postal Codes
		Since the Postal Service instituted ZIP codes and their accompanying state postal codes in 1963, the two-letter abbreviations have steadily gained popularity.
		The postal code abbreviation should be used only in mailing addresses.
		When you have to use an abbreviation, the standard abbreviation is strongly preferred.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0110468.html (93 words)

	FIPS 5-2 - State Codes of the US and Outlying Areas
		The U.S. Postal Service already uses the corresponding FIPS State Alpha Codes in Table 2 as official abbreviations for American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands of the U.S. Specific Changes
		USPS abbreviations are recommended for use only in connection with addresses for mail to be delivered by the USPS, and may be found in the most recent edition of USPS Publication 65, National Five-Digit ZIP Code and Post Office Directory.
		The U.S. Postal Service does not employ the term U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, as mail for any of these islands is routed indirectly.
	www.itl.nist.gov /fipspubs/fip5-2.htm (1471 words)

	Embassy of the U.S. London: Ready Reference: U.S. Postal Information
		One coupon is exchangeable in any country of the Universal Postal Union for a postage stamps representing the minimum postage for a letter sent by air to a foreign country.
		There is no retail outlet for U.S. stamps in the U.K., but it is possible to buy stamps via the U.S. Postal Service's The Postal Store.
		Return postage from the U.S. Post Offices in the United Kingdom sell International Reply Coupons which can be used for the payment in advance of return postage.
	www.usembassy.org.uk /rcpostal.html (169 words)

	World's Largest Concert. 2004 WLC Teacher's Guide Archive: Lesson Plan - "Fifty States in Rhyme"
		Divide the states evenly among the class, and ask them to write the postal abbreviations for their set of states, one on each side of a 3” x 5” index card.
		Display the laminated cards with the 50 state postal abbreviations.
		Using the laminated postal abbreviation cards positioned around the room, cue the students to play the rhythm for the state name by pointing to the appropriate card.
	www.menc.org /guides/wlc/tg04/Lesson6.html (1177 words)

	Writing for and about WMU
		) Do not use postal service abbreviations for locations.
		Note that in addresses, USPS abbreviations are used for both the street address and state, and there is no punctuation in the lines for the street address or city, state and ZIP Code.
		The correct way to present U.S. addresses is not determined by the style guides of Western Michigan University or the Associated Press, but by the requirements and preferences of the U.S. Postal Service.
	www.wmich.edu /~wmu/writing/addresses.html (200 words)

	Abbreviations
		Abbreviate, using AP, not postal rules, when citing a city and a state together.
		See States and Regions for preferred abbreviations of states.
		Do not use the abbreviation "CMU." The correct reference is to use "Carnegie Mellon University" the first time you refer to the title of the university in text.
	www.cmu.edu /styleguide/abbreviations.html (733 words)

	Canadian Presence Requirements
		Definition: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, a province or a territory; an agent of Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, of a province or of a territory; a federal, provincial or territorial Crown corporation, government agency or government entity; or a regional, municipal or local area government.
		Definition: A Canadian citizen of the age of majority under the laws of the province or territory in Canada in which he or she resides or last resided
		(A common abbreviation may follow the official name in parentheses.) The Registrant name must also by followed by the jurisdiction in Canada in which it is registered (if it is not obvious from the official name).
	support.easydns.com /canpresence.php3 (733 words)

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