The following guidelines and examples will help you avoid unnecessary delivery delays.
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The addressee (first line)
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Civic address (second line)
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Municipality name, province or territory and postal code (third line)
U.S. address example
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The addressee (first line)
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Delivery address (second line)
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City name, state abbreviation and ZIP Code (third line)
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Country name (fourth line)
International address example
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The addressee (first line)
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Delivery address (second line)
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Municipality name, state or province and postal or ZIP Code (third line)
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Country name (fourth line)
Learn how to format your international address by visiting the UPU Postal Addressing Systems tool. Or see other addressing tips for international addresses.
Addressing guidelines
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General guidelines
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Write in uppercase letters (block letters)
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Don’t use the # symbol
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Street address guidelines
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Put information such as title or floor before the street address
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Put a hyphen between the unit/suite/apartment number and the street number
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Use abbreviations for the street type and street direction (example: SE AVE for Southeast avenue)
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Municipality, province and postal code guidelines
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Put the city, province and postal code on the same line
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Put 1 space between the city and province and 2 spaces between the province and the postal code
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Separate the first and last 3 elements of the postal code with a space, don’t use hyphens
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