Tuesday, 27 December 2016

US Address Format

Format Example
Name of addresse
House number and Street name
Name of town, State abbreviation + ZIP code
(typical handwritten format)
Abhishek Kolloju, Jr.
395 Larkspur Dr.
Baviera, CA 92908.
Name of addresse
House number and Street name
Name of town + State abbreviation + ZIP + 4 code
(USPS - recommended format)
ABHISHEK KOLLOJU JR
395 LARKSPUR DR
BAVIERA CA 92908-4901
  • Only the United States Postal Service(USPS) has been permitted to deliver to a P.O.Box.
  • For this reason the recipient may choose to insert their physical address as line two, expanding the complete address to four lines.
  • Providing both allows a sender to ship via the USPS or via a private carrier.
  • Some USPS facilities allow a user of a P.O.box to use the street address of the postal facility with the P.O.box number in the place of a suite number; In which case the user may receive packages from private carriers.
  • Mail will be delivered to the line immediately above the city,state,zip code line.
  • The state and type of street, e.g.Lane, is often abbreviated as shown in the PO standard.
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