No ‘new’ postal code
PA Wellington The Post Office was not introducing a postal code which did away with city and suburb names, as re(ported in some newspapers, | the Post Office has said, j Tn 1977 the Post Office introduced a four-digit post- ! code as a basis for the presorting of mail by mailers using one of the special bulk, mail rates. The postcodes are designed to be compatible with automatic letter-sorting systems. Although such systems are (not contemplated in New (Zealand at present, the post-
codes have been introduced now for use by bulk-mailers who have the facility for coding addresses. This will avoid the need for these users to change their addressing systems if automatic sorting equipment is introduced in tuture. | The Post Office said there 'was no need to use the post--1 codes on a more general basis at present. As in other I countries which used them, the postcodes used in New Zealand were added to a conventional address and did not replace the suburb’s or city’s name or any other elements of the address.
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Press, 11 August 1979, Page 22
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179No ‘new’ postal code Press, 11 August 1979, Page 22
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