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USPS Publication 28: Postal Addressing Standards

Documents U.S. postal address standards, delivery address line structure, street suffixes, secondary unit designators, compression guidance, and ZIP-oriented mailing address conventions.

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Address entry Choose address entry when the product needs a complete postal, delivery, billing, contact, or official address rather than one short freeform value. Users can start with lookup or choose manual entry before providing a postal code. USPS Publication 28 supports delivery address structure, secondary unit designators, street suffix conventions, and U.S. postal standards.

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Publisher: United States Postal Service. Last checked: .