AADC |
Automated Area Distribution Center |
|
ABE |
Automated Barcode Evaluator |
|
ABMPS |
Automated Business Mail Processing System |
|
AC |
Actual Count |
|
ACDCS |
Air Contract Data Collection System |
|
ACS |
Address Change Service |
|
ACT |
Air Contract Transportation Tag |
|
AD |
Andorra |
|
ADA |
Advance Deposit Account |
|
ADAPT |
Automatic Density Analysis Profile Technique |
|
ADC |
Area Distribution Center |
|
ADDR |
Address |
|
AE |
Additional Entry |
|
AF |
Afghanistan |
|
AFC |
Advanced Facer-Canceler |
|
AFCS/OCR |
Advanced Facer Canceler System with Optical Character Reader |
|
AG |
Antigua and Barbuda |
|
AGS |
Address Guide System |
|
AI |
Anguilla |
|
AIC |
Account Identifier Code |
|
AL |
Albania |
|
AM |
Address Management |
|
am |
Activity Model |
|
AMC/F |
Airport Mail Center/Facility |
|
AMO |
Area Maintenance Office |
|
AMS |
Alternate Mailing System |
|
AMS |
Aerial Mail Service |
|
AMS |
Address Management Services |
|
AMS-API |
Address Matching System Application Programming Interface |
|
AN |
Netherlands Antilles |
|
AO |
Angola |
|
AOI |
Associate Office Infrastructure |
|
AP |
Accounting Period |
|
APARS |
Accounts Payable Accounting and Reporting System |
|
APS |
Adjustment Processing System |
|
APT |
Apartment |
|
APWU |
American Postal Workers Union |
|
AQ |
Antarctica |
|
AR |
Armenia |
|
AR |
Argentina |
|
ARM |
Accelerated Reply Mail |
|
AS |
Adult Signature |
|
ASC |
accounting service center |
|
ASC |
Adjusted Service Commitment exclusion period |
|
ASF |
Administrative Support Facility |
|
ASM |
Administrative Support Manual |
|
ASR |
Adult Signature Required |
|
AT |
Austria |
|
AU |
Australia |
|
AVE |
Avenue |
|
AVS |
Address Verification Service |
|
AW |
Aruba |
|
AZ |
Azerbaijan |
|
BA |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|
BB |
Barbados |
|
BBM |
Bulk Business Mail |
|
BC |
Bar Code |
|
BCR |
Bar Code Reader |
|
BCS |
Bar Code Sorter |
|
BD |
Bangladesh |
|
BE |
Belgium |
|
BF |
Burkina Faso |
|
BG |
Bulgaria |
|
BH |
Bahrain |
|
BHPO |
Beverly Hills Post Office |
|
BI |
Burundi |
|
BJ |
Benin |
|
BLDG |
Building |
|
BLVD |
Boulevard |
|
BM |
Bermuda |
|
BMC |
Bulk Mail Center |
|
BMCC |
Bulk Mail Center Container |
|
BMEU |
Business Mail Entry Unit |
|
BN |
Brunei Darussalam |
|
BO |
Bolivia |
|
BPI |
Business Process Improvement |
|
BPM |
Bound Printed Matter |
|
BR |
Brazil |
|
BRM |
Business Reply Mail |
|
BS |
Bahamas |
|
BSA |
Basic Street Address |
|
BSMT |
Basement |
|
BT |
Bhutan |
|
BV |
Bouvet Island |
|
BW |
Botswana |
|
BY |
Belarus |
|
BZ |
Belize |
|
CAG |
Cost Ascertainment Grouping |
|
CAKT |
computer-assisted keyboard training |
|
CAM |
Caribbean Air Mail |
|
CAS |
Case Analysis System |
|
CASS |
Coding Accuracy Support System |
|
CAST |
computer-assisted scheme training |
|
CC |
Country Code |
|
CDB |
Corporate Data Base |
|
CDPIM |
Carrier Delivery Process Improvement Meeting |
|
CF |
Central African Republic |
|
CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
|
CFS |
Computerized Forwarding System |
|
CG |
Republic of Congo |
|
CH |
Switzerland |
|
CI |
Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
|
CIF |
Cost, Insurance, and Freight (Paid) (shipping) |
|
CIIS |
Comprehensive-Interactive Information Strategy |
|
CIOSS |
Combined Input/Output Subsystem |
|
CIS |
Corporate Information System |
|
CK |
Cook Islands |
|
CL |
Chile |
|
CM |
Cameroon |
|
CMA |
Commercial Mailing Agent |
|
CMRRR |
Certified Mail, Return Receipt Required |
|
CMRS |
Computerized Meter Resetting System |
|
CN |
China |
|
CN |
People's Republic of China |
|
CO |
Colombia |
|
COA |
Change of Address |
|
COD |
Cash On Delivery |
|
CODES |
Computerized On-site Data Entry System |
|
COR |
contracting officer representative |
|
COSC |
Computer Operations Service Center |
|
CP |
Colis Postaux (Parcel Post) |
|
CP |
Carte Postale |
|
CPO |
Community Post Office |
|
CR |
Costa Rica |
|
CRES |
Crescent |
|
CRF |
Central Repair Facility |
|
CRIS |
Carrier Route Information System |
|
CRM |
Courtesy Reply Mail |
|
CRRR |
Certified Return Receipt Requested |
|
CRT |
Court |
|
CSI |
Customer Satisfaction Index |
|
CSWY |
Causeway |
|
CSZ |
City, State, and Zip code |
|
CT |
Court |
|
CTC |
Crushed Torn and Curled |
|
CU |
Cubana de Aviación |
|
CV |
Republic of Cape Verde |
|
CX |
Christmas Island |
|
CY |
Cyprus |
|
CZ |
Czech Republic |
|
DAL |
Detached Address Label |
|
DAS |
Density Analysis System |
|
DBMC |
Destination Bulk Mail Center |
|
DDE/DR |
Distributed Data Entry and Distributed Reporting |
|
DDU |
destination delivery unit |
|
DE |
Germany |
|
Dept |
Department |
|
DF |
Damage Free |
|
DJ |
Djibouti |
|
DK |
Denmark Kingdom |
|
DLB |
Dead Letter Boxes |
|
DLO |
Dead Letter Office |
|
DM |
Dominica |
|
DMARC |
Direct Mail Accreditation Recognition Centre |
|
DMCS |
Domestic Mail Classification Schedule |
|
DMM |
Domestic Mail Manual |
|
DMU |
detached mail unit (US Postal Service) |
|
DNO |
Distribution Networks Office |
|
DO |
Dominican Republic |
|
DOA |
Damaged on Arrival |
|
DODAAC |
Department Of Defense Activity Address Code |
|
DPBC |
delivery point barcode |
|
DPMG |
Deputy Postmaster General |
|
DPO |
Diplomatic Post Office |
|
DPO |
Designated Post Office |
|
DPO |
Discontinued Post Office |
|
DSCF |
Destination Sectional Center Facility |
|
DSR |
Direct Signature Required |
|
DZ |
Algeria |
|
EAP |
Employee Assistance Program |
|
EAS |
Executive and Administrative Schedule |
|
EC |
Ecuador |
|
ECB |
Engineering Change Board |
|
ECRSS |
Enhanced Carrier Route Saturation Standard |
|
EE |
Estonia |
|
EEO |
Equal Employment Opportunity |
|
EG |
Egypt |
|
EH |
Western Sahara |
|
EI/QWL |
Employee Involvement/Quality of Work Life |
|
EIS |
Executive Information System |
|
ELM |
Employee and Labor Relations Manual |
|
eMDIMS |
Electronic Material Distribution and Inventory Management System |
|
EMI |
Express Mail International |
|
EMMS |
Express Mail Military Service |
|
EMRS |
Electronic Marketing Reporting System |
|
EMS |
Express Mail International Service |
|
EPO |
Entry Post Office |
|
ER |
Eritrea |
|
ERMC |
Eastern Region Mail Container |
|
ES |
Spain |
|
ESP |
Electronic Sort Processor |
|
ET |
Ethiopia |
|
FAM |
Foreign Air Mail |
|
FAST |
Facility Access and Shipment Tracking |
|
FDC |
First Day Cover |
|
FEDSTRIP |
Federal Standard Requisitioning & Issue Procedures |
|
FHp |
First Handling Pieces |
|
FI |
Finland |
|
FIM |
Facing Identification Mark |
|
FJ |
Fiji |
|
IA |
Insufficient Address |
|
IBRS |
International Business Reply Service |
|
ID |
Indonesia |
|
IE |
Ireland |
|
IEO |
International Exchange Office |
|
IL |
Israel |
|
IMDAS |
Intelligent Mail Data Acquisition System |
|
IMM |
International Mail Manual |
|
IMPAC |
International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card |
|
IMPC |
incoming mail processing center |
|
IN |
India |
|
INTELPOST |
International Electronic Post |
|
IO |
British Indian Ocean Territory |
|
IPA |
International Priority Airmail |
|
IPC |
International Postal Coupon |
|
IPCS |
International Package Consignment Service |
|
IPP |
Irregular Parcels and Pieces |
|
IPS |
International Postal System |
|
IQ |
Iraq |
|
IR |
Islamic Republic of Iran |
|
IRC |
International Reply Coupon |
|
IRT |
Integrated Retail Terminal |
|
IS |
Island Airlines |
|
ISAL |
International Surface Air Lift |
|
ISBN |
International Standard Book Number (ISO 2108) |
|
ISC |
Information Service Center |
|
ISSC |
Information Systems Service Center |
|
ISSN |
International Standard Serial Number (ISO 3297) |
|
ISSP |
Incoming Secondary Sorting Program |
|
ITK |
Infrastructure Tool Kit |
|
JARAP |
Joint Alternate Route Adjustment Process |
|
JM |
Jamaica |
|
JO |
Jordan |
|
JP |
Japan |
|
KE |
Kenya |
|
KG |
Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic) |
|
KH |
Cambodia |
|
KI |
Kiribati |
|
KM |
Comoros |
|
KN |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
|
KP |
Korea (North) (People's Republic) |
|
KR |
Korea (South) (Republic) |
|
KW |
Kuwait |
|
KY |
Cayman Islands |
|
KZ |
Kazakhstan |
|
LA |
Laos |
|
LAK |
Lakeland |
|
LB |
Lebanon |
|
LBBY |
Lobby |
|
LC |
Saint Lucia |
|
LC |
Lettres et Cartes (Letters and Cards) |
|
LCP |
Letter Carrier Presort |
|
LCREM |
Low-Cost Reject Encoding Machine |
|
LDC |
Labor Distribution Code |
|
LF |
Lead Facilitator |
|
LI |
Liechtenstein |
|
LID |
Luminescent Indicia Detector |
|
LK |
Sri Lanka |
|
LLV |
Long-life Vehicle |
|
LOT |
line-of-travel sequence |
|
LOWR |
Lower |
|
LP |
Loop |
|
LR |
Liberia Republic |
|
LS |
Lesotho |
|
LSM |
Letter Sorting Machine |
|
LT |
Lithuania |
|
LTATS |
Loan Transfer and Training System |
|
LU |
Luxembourg |
|
LUR |
Labor Utilization Report |
|
LV |
Latvia |
|
LY |
Libya |
|
MA |
Morocco |
|
MASS |
Multiline Accuracy Support System |
|
MBMC |
Memphis Bulk Mail Center |
|
MC |
Monaco |
|
MCM |
Multicommodity Machine |
|
md |
Republic of Moldova |
|
ME |
Montenegro |
|
ME |
Mail Exchange |
|
MEPPS |
Multiple Entry Point Payment System |
|
MG |
Madagascar |
|
MH |
Marshall Islands |
|
MI |
Management Instruction |
|
MIP-SOP |
Methods Improvement Program - Standard Operating Procedures |
|
MK |
Republic of Macedonia |
|
ML |
Mali |
|
MLNA |
Moved Left No Address |
|
MLOCR |
multiline optical character reader |
|
MM |
Myanmar(Burma) |
|
MMP |
Managed Mail Program |
|
MMS |
Manifest Mailing System |
|
MN |
Mongolia |
|
MNR |
Manor |
|
MO |
Mail Order |
|
MO |
Macau |
|
MODS |
Management Operating Data System |
|
MOPS |
Mail Order Protection Scheme |
|
MOS |
Maintenance Operations Support Clerk |
|
MP |
Northern Mariana Islands |
|
MPFSM |
multiposition flat sorting machine |
|
MPLSM |
Multi-Position Letter Sorting Machine |
|
MPO |
Military Post Office |
|
MPO |
Mobile Post Office |
|
MPS |
Mail Preference Service |
|
MPSOM |
Mail Processing Staffing Opportunity Model |
|
MPTQM |
Mail Preparation Total Quality Management |
|
MPWCS |
Mail Processing Work Credit System |
|
MQ |
Martinique |
|
MQC |
Mailpiece Quality Control |
|
MR |
Mauritania |
|
MRB |
Management Review Board |
|
MRC |
Mail Recovery Center |
|
MS |
Montserrat |
|
MSC |
Mail Service Center |
|
MSSP |
Manpower Scheduling and Staffing Program |
|
MT |
Malta |
|
MTAC |
Mailer's Technical Advisory Committee |
|
MTE |
Mail Transport Equipment |
|
MTESC |
Mail Transport Equipment Service Center |
|
MTTR |
Mean Time To Repair |
|
MU |
Mauritius |
|
MV |
Maldives |
|
MVO |
Motor Vehicle Operator |
|
MVRF |
Mobile Vehicle Repair Facility |
|
MW |
Malawi |
|
MX |
Mexico |
|
MY7 |
Malaysia |
|
MZ |
Mozambique |
|
NA |
Namibia |
|
NALC |
National Association of Letter Carriers |
|
NAM |
National Account Manager |
|
NASS |
National Air and Surface System |
|
NBMS |
National Bulk Mail System |
|
NBS |
National Budget System |
|
NC |
New Caledonia |
|
NCD |
noncity delivery office |
|
NCED |
National Center for Employee Development |
|
NCOA |
National Change of Address System |
|
NCSC |
National Customer Support Center |
|
NDA |
Next Day Air |
|
NDCBU |
neighborhood delivery and collection box unit |
|
NDF |
Non-Deliverable Forward |
|
NDI |
National Deliverability Index |
|
NG |
Nigeria |
|
NI |
Nicaragua |
|
NI |
Nigeria |
|
NISSC |
National Information System Support Center |
|
NL |
Netherlands |
|
NMATS |
National Meter Accounting and Tracking System |
|
NMO |
nonmachinable outside |
|
NNSC |
National Network Service Center |
|
NO |
Norway |
|
NP |
Nepal |
|
NR |
Nauru |
|
NSN |
National Stock Number |
|
NT |
Neutral Zone (Saudia Arabia/Iraq) |
|
NTAC |
National Test Administration Center |
|
NU |
Niue Island |
|
NWR |
National Workhour Report |
|
NWRS |
National Workhour Reporting System |
|
NYD |
Not Yet Delivered |
|
NZ |
New Zealand |
|
OCR/CS |
Optical Character Reader/channel Sorter |
|
ODIS |
Origin Destination Information System |
|
OEL |
Optional Endorsement Line |
|
OFC |
Office |
|
OFM |
On-line File Maintenance |
|
OIC |
Officer In Charge |
|
OLQ |
On-Line Query |
|
OM |
Oman |
|
OMAS |
Official Mail Accounting System |
|
OMSS |
Organizational Management Staffing System |
|
OP |
Optional Procedure Mailing System |
|
OPF |
Official Personnel Folder |
|
OTR |
over-the-road container |
|
PA |
Panama |
|
PAF |
Postal Address File |
|
PAR |
Program for Alcoholic Recovery |
|
PAU |
Platform Acceptance Unit |
|
PAVE |
Presort Accuracy Validation and Evaluation |
|
PBC |
Postal Business Centers |
|
PC |
Postal Code |
|
PC |
Post Card |
|
PCC |
Postal Customer Council Program |
|
PCD |
Postcode |
|
PCE |
Postal Computing Environment |
|
PCES |
Postal Career Executive Service |
|
PCM |
Postal Commodity Machine |
|
PDC/F |
Processing and Distribution Center/Facility |
|
PEDC |
Postal Employee Development Center |
|
PF |
French Polynesia |
|
PG |
Papua New Guinea |
|
PH |
Philippines |
|
PHQ |
Postal HeadQuarters |
|
PIRS |
Productivity Information Reporting System |
|
PIVMS |
Powered Industrial Vehicle Management System |
|
PKG |
Package |
|
PKGD |
Packaged |
|
PKT |
Packet |
|
PL |
Poland |
|
PMC |
Postage and Mailing Center |
|
PMG |
Postmaster General |
|
PMI |
Priority Mail International |
|
PMS |
Perfect Mail Service |
|
PMSC |
Purchasing and Materials Service Center |
|
PN |
Pitcairn Islands |
|
PND |
Pond Air Express |
|
PO |
Post Office |
|
PO |
Postal Order |
|
POD |
Payment on Delivery |
|
POM |
Postal Operations Manual |
|
POMIS |
Post Office Monthly Income Scheme (India) |
|
POP |
Point Of Purchase promotion |
|
POS |
Point Of Sale system |
|
POSKED |
Post Office Scheduler |
|
POSTNET |
Postal Numeric Encoding Technique |
|
PPI |
Pack Post Insurance |
|
PR |
Puerto Rico |
|
PRC |
Postal Rate Commission |
|
PSm |
Parcel Sorting Machine |
|
PSO |
Procurement Service Office |
|
PSS |
Postal Service Schedule |
|
PSSR |
Postal System Sales Report |
|
PST&DI |
Postal Service Training and Development Institute |
|
PT |
Portugal |
|
PT |
Portugal Telecom |
|
PTGE |
Portage |
|
PTT |
Post, Telephone, and Telegraph (authority) |
|
PVDS |
Plant-Verified Drop Shipment |
|
PVS |
Postal Vehicle Service |
|
PW |
Palau |
|
PY |
Paraguay |
|
QA |
Qatar |
|
QC |
Quality Control |
|
QSI |
Quality Step Increase |
|
R |
Registered Trademark |
|
RAP |
Retail Analysis Program |
|
RAPS |
Rural Adjustment Processing System |
|
RCA |
Rural Carrier Associate |
|
RCSC |
Rates and Classification Service Center |
|
RD |
Road |
|
RDR |
Rural Delivery Route |
|
RE |
Reunion Island |
|
REAR |
Rear Command Post |
|
REDRESS |
Resolve Employment Disputes Reach Equitable Solutions Swiftly |
|
RLO |
Return Letter Office |
|
RM |
Room |
|
RO |
Romania |
|
RPW |
Revenue, Pieces, and Weight |
|
RR |
Rural Route |
|
RS |
Serbia |
|
RSC |
Rigid Steel Container |
|
RT |
Route |
|
RTAPS |
Rural Time and Attendance Processing System |
|
RU |
Russian Federation |
|
RW |
Rwanda |
|
S/SIS |
Sales/Service Information System |
|
SA |
Saudi Arabia |
|
SAE |
Self-Addressed Envelope |
|
SAM |
Space-Available Mail |
|
SASWYB |
Semi-Automated Scan Where You Band |
|
SB |
Solomon Islands |
|
SBM |
Stamps By Mail |
|
SC |
Seychelles |
|
SCF |
Sectional Center Facility |
|
Sd |
Siderite |
|
SD |
Sudan |
|
SDO |
Stamp Distribution Office |
|
SG |
Singapore |
|
SH |
St. Helena |
|
SHIPT |
Shipment |
|
SIS |
Short-Interval Scheduler |
|
SJ |
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands |
|
sk |
Slovak koruna |
|
SL |
Sierra Leone |
|
slp |
Slip One Stitch Purlwise |
|
SM |
San Marino |
|
SN |
Senegal |
|
SO |
Somalia |
|
SOP |
Standard Operating Procedures |
|
SOTN |
Socked On The Nose (stamp cancellation) |
|
SPBS |
Small Parcel and Bundle Sorter |
|
SPC |
Space |
|
SPLSM |
Single-Position Letter Sorting Machine |
|
SPLY |
Same Period Last Year |
|
SPO |
Serving Post Office |
|
spr |
Small Parcels and Rolls |
|
SR |
Suriname Republic |
|
SSIS |
Schedules and Schemes Information System |
|
SSM |
Sack Sorting Machine |
|
SSPC |
self-service postal center |
|
SSPU |
Self Service Postal Unit |
|
SSVE |
Self Service Vending Equipment |
|
ST |
Saint |
|
STE |
Suite |
|
STS |
Supervisory Training System |
|
SV |
El Salvador |
|
SVM |
Stamp Vending Machine |
|
SWYB |
Scan Where You Band |
|
SY |
Syrian Arab Republic |
|
SZ |
Swaziland |
|
TARIF |
Tracking and Reduction in Force |
|
TC |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
|
tce |
terrace |
|
TD |
Chad |
|
TF |
French Southern Territories |
|
TG |
Togo |
|
TH |
Thailand |
|
TJ |
Tajikistan |
|
TK |
Tokelau |
|
TM |
Turkmenistan |
|
TMS |
Transportation Management System |
|
TN |
Tunisia |
|
TO |
Tonga |
|
TOFC |
trailer-on-flatcar |
|
TP |
East Timor |
|
TPMR |
Third-Party Mail Relay |
|
TPO |
Travelling Post Office |
|
TPO |
Transfer Post Office |
|
TQM |
Total Quality Management |
|
Tr |
Turkey Republic |
|
TRL |
Trail |
|
Trlr |
Trailer |
|
TT |
Trinidad & Tobago |
|
TTC |
Technical Training Center |
|
TV |
Tuvalu |
|
TW |
Taiwan, Republic of China |
|
Tz |
Tanzania, United Republic of |
|
UA |
Ukraine |
|
UAA |
Undeliverable As Addressed |
|
UG |
Uganda |
|
UM |
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (postal Symbol; ISO 3166 Digram) |
|
un |
United National |
|
un |
United Narions |
|
UPPR |
Upper |
|
UPS |
United Parcel Service, Inc. |
|
UPU |
Universal Postal Union |
|
US |
United States of America |
|
USA |
United States of America |
|
usps |
United States Postal Services |
|
UTF |
Unable To Find |
|
UY |
Uruguay |
|
VA |
Vatican City State (Holy See) |
|
VAL |
Valley |
|
VAM |
via air mail |
|
VAP |
Volume Arrival Profile |
|
VARS |
Vending Activity Reporting System |
|
VC |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
|
VE |
Venezuela |
|
VG |
Virgin Islands (British) |
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VIM |
Vertical Improved Mail |
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Vlly |
Valley |
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VLY |
Valley |
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VMAS |
Vehicle Management Accounting System |
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VMF |
Vehicle Maintenance Facility |
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VN |
Viet Nam |
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VN/BV |
Verification Note/Bulletin of Verification |
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VOB |
Voice of the Business |
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VOC |
Voice of the Customer |
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VOE |
Voice of the Employee |
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VTAPS |
Vehicle Transportation Analysis Performance System |
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VU |
Vanuatu |
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VY |
Valley |
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WABCR |
Wide Area Bar Code Reader |
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WABRM |
Weight Averaging Business Reply Mail |
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WF |
Wallis and Futuna Islands |
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WFM |
Waste-Free Mail |
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WHM |
Work Hour Management |
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WKG |
Working |
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WS |
West Samoa |
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WSPO |
Wigmore Street Post Office |
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YE |
Yemen |
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YT |
Mayotte |
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YU |
Yugoslavia |
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ZA |
South Africa |
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ZC |
Zip Code |
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ZCTAs |
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas |
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ZIP |
Zone Improvement Plan |
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ZM |
Zambia |
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ZMT |
ZIP (Zoning Improvement Plan) Mail Translator |
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ZR |
Zaire Republic |
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ZW |
Zimbabwe |
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