Talk:United States postal abbreviations
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[edit] History
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IWBRNI someone could research the history of this set of symbols and add a section to that effect. There should also be a list of Coast Guard state symbols for boat registration; they seem to have been developed about the same time but are not the same (e.g., Maine => MA, Massachusetts => MS, Mississippi => MI, Michigan => MC). I believe the postal series are the ones registered for ISO 3166-2. (I believe, by the way, that the correct term for these is "codes" or "symbols"—not "abbreviations".) 18.26.0.18 01:08, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Cities
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Does anyone know if there is an organized list of city abbreviations to document here? E.g. "SF" for San Francisco" and "Phila" for Philadelphia? -- Beland 02:12, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
Is the code missing for U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (UM)? I believe there should be six codes listed under "Insular Areas": American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, and Virgin Islands of the U.S..
The wikipedia page for ISO_3166-2:US lists it.
[edit] Other Codes
I am interested in the "Other Codes". Maybe some one can describe how such codes are used. For instance, how does one address mail to Guam? Is it something like
SomeName
SomeStreetAddress
SomeCity 00000-0000
Guam
where Guam is a country? Or is it
SomeName
SomeStreetAddress
SomeCity GU 00000-0000
United States
where "GU" is a state and the country is the U.S.?
Similar info on the armed forces codes would be helpful.
