USPS Publication 28

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USPS publication postal addressing standard

USPS Publication 28 is the United States Postal Service’s official standard for formatting and addressing mail to ensure accurate and efficient delivery.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
USPS Mailing Standards	1
USPS Postal Operations Manual	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	USPS publication ⓘ postal addressing standard ⓘ
appliesTo	domestic mail ⓘ international mail sent from the United States ⓘ mail addressing ⓘ mailpiece design ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defines	acceptable address formats ⓘ address element hierarchy ⓘ addressing conventions for business mail ⓘ addressing conventions for residential mail ⓘ preferred address format for automated processing ⓘ standardized abbreviations for address components ⓘ unacceptable address formats ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States Postal Service ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
publisher	United States Postal Service ⓘ
purpose	to improve address readability for automated mail processing ⓘ to reduce undeliverable-as-addressed mail ⓘ to standardize addressing formats for accurate and efficient mail delivery ⓘ
regulates	abbreviations for secondary address designators ⓘ abbreviations for states and territories ⓘ abbreviations for street suffixes ⓘ address elements order ⓘ format of delivery addresses ⓘ formatting of Puerto Rico and other territorial addresses ⓘ formatting of attention lines ⓘ formatting of city, state, and ZIP Code lines ⓘ formatting of firm and building names in addresses ⓘ formatting of military addresses ⓘ formatting of post office box addresses ⓘ formatting of recipient name lines ⓘ formatting of rural route and highway contract route addresses ⓘ placement of apartment, suite, and unit numbers ⓘ punctuation in addresses ⓘ use of ZIP+4 Codes ⓘ use of directional abbreviations in addresses ⓘ use of street suffix abbreviations ⓘ use of uppercase letters in addresses ⓘ
relatedTo	CASS certification requirements ⓘ USPS Address Management System ⓘ USPS Domestic Mail Manual ⓘ
sector	postal services ⓘ
usedBy	bulk mailers ⓘ businesses that generate large volumes of mail ⓘ government agencies ⓘ mailers in the United States ⓘ software vendors providing address validation ⓘ

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USPS Domestic Mail Manual → relatedTo → USPS Publication 28 ⓘ

this entity surface form: USPS Postal Operations Manual

USPS Domestic Mail Manual → subjectOf → USPS Publication 28 ⓘ

this entity surface form: USPS Mailing Standards