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IntroductionPostNL is pleased to provide you with advice regarding all your international direct mail activities. To make your direct mail campaign a success, you need to reach the right target group. A carefully selected address list is therefore essential. The use of a correct address and postcode structure is also important. This brochure is intended to help you use the correct address details per country.
By using the correct addressing method, you prevent any irritation on the part of the receiver and you increase the attention value of your mailings. Mail items are sorted automati-cally by a growing number of postal services. You can prevent mail handling delays by using addresses correctly and by using the correct postcode.The address type differs per country. The structure of the address, the position and the number of postcode characters depend on national customs and automated systems. In this brochure, you can find information on:
• the structure of the address elements in the correct order;• whether or not to use postcodes for a country;• the postcode structure;• the meaning of the postcode characters.
The information provided in this brochure is taken from the coordinating body of postal services, the Universal Postal Union, and includes details provided by the 189 member countries. PostNL accepts no liability with respect to the correctness and completeness of these details. Several countries have not made any details available. For the sake of completeness, these country names are listed in the brochure.
Addressing international mail itemsManual
Using the tables:
Destination country
AustraliaCountries are listed in an alphabetical order.
Address example
Mr S. Tan200 Broadway RdWEST BEACH SA 5024AUSTRALIA
The example address as provided by the local postal service is inclusive of the preferred spacing, postcode and use of hyphens and capitals.
Postcode structure
4 digits to the right of the state name abbreviationx - - - = state or territory- x - - = zone- - x x = delivery office
The description of each character (or character group) of the postcode to be used for the respective country. The number of characters, their positions and any separators.
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Points of focus:
• When addressing your mail items, you can write the destination country either in Dutch or in English;
• Write the town/city and the destination country in full and in capitals;
• We advise against underlining the destination country, for reasons of automatic handling;
• State a Dutch sender’s address (compulsory for bulk mail);• Designations like the Priority sticker are to be affixed on the
address side of the envelope below or directly next to the sender’s address.
The address side of an envelope:
An example of an address side of an envelope is provided below. The preferred addressing method is included in the table for the respective country.
If you use the ‘Postage Paid’ designation, the frame needs to be at least 300mm².
Country index
Afghanistan 2Albania 2Algeria 2Andorra 2Angola 2Antigua and Barbuda 2Argentina 2Armenia 2Aruba 2Australia 2Austria 8Azerbaijan 2
Bahamas 3Bahrein 3Bangladesh 3Barbados 3Belarus 11Belgium 3Belize 3Benin 3Bhutan 3Bolivia 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3Botswana 3Brazil 3Brunei 3Bulgaria 3Burkina Faso 3Burundi 3
Cambodia 3Cameroon 6Canada 3Cape Verde 6Central African Republic 3Chad 10Chile 3China 3Colombia 3Comoros 3Congo (Brazzaville) 3Congo (Kinshasa) 3Costa Rica 3Croatia 7Cuba 3Cyprus 3Czech republic 10
Denmark 3Djibouti 3Dominica 3Dominican Republic 3
Ecuador 4Egypt 4El Salvador 4Equatorial Guinea 4Eritrea 4Estonia 4Ethiopia 4
Fiji 4Finland 4France 4
Gabon 4Gambia 4Georgia 4Germany 3Ghana 4Greece 4Grenada 4Guatemala 4Guinea 4Guinea-Bissau 4Guyana 4
Haiti 4Honduras 4Hungary 4
Iceland 5India 5Indonesia 5Iran 5Iraq 5Ireland 5Israel 5Italy 5Ivory Coast 5
Jamaica 6Japan 6Jordan 6
Kazackstan 6Kenya 6Kiribati 7Kuwait 7Kyrgyzstan 6
Laos 7Latvia 7Lebanon* 7Lesotho 7Liberia 7Libya 7Liechtenstein, see SwitzerlandLithuania 7Luxembourg 7
Macedonia 7Madagascar 7Malawi 7Malaysia 7Maldives 7Mali 7Malta 7Mauretania 7Mauritius 7Mexico 7Moldova 7Monaco 7Mongolia 7Morocco 7Mozambique 7Myanmar 7
Namibia 8Nauru 8Nepal 8Netherlands 8Netherlands Antilles 8New Zealand 8Nicaragua 8Niger 8Nigeria 8North Korea* 8Northern Ireland 8Norway 8
Oman 8
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Country index
Pakistan 9Panama 9Papua New Guinea* 9Paraguay 9Peru 9Philippines 4Poland 9Portugal 9
Qatar 9
Romenia 9Russia 9Rwanda 9
Saint Kitts and Nevis 10Saint Lucia 10Saint Vincent 10 San Marino 10Sao Tome and Principe 10Saudi Arabia 10Senegal 10Seychelles 10Sierra Leone 10Singapore 10Slovakia 10Slovenia 10Solomon islands 10Somalia 10South Africa 11South Korea 11Spain 10Sri Lanka 10Sudan 10Suriname 10Swaziland 10Sweden 11Switzerland 11Syria 10
Tajikistan 10Tanzania 10Thailand 10Togo 10Tonga 10Trinidad and Tobago 10Tunesia 11Turkey 11Turkmenistan 11Tuvalu 11Uganda 11Ukraine 8United Arab Emirates 11United Kingdom 11United States 11Uruguay 11Uzbekistan 8
Vanuatu 11Vatican, see Italy 11Venezuela 11Vietnam 11
West Samoa 11
Yemen 6Yugoslavia 6
Zambia 11Zimbabwe 11
* no information available
Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Afghanistan Mr. Jawad Ahmad Niazi
Second District, Pashtonistan Avenue
KABUL
1001
AFGHANISTAN
Albania M. Erkand Muraku
Rr «Faik Drenova»
Pall Nr 1, Sh 1, Ap15
TIRANE
ALBANIA
M. Artur Mema
Fshati Zejmen
LEZHE
ALBANIA
Algeria M. Said Mohamed
2, rue de l’Indépendance
16000 ALGER
ALGERIA
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - - = wilaya (department)
- - x x x = delivery office
Andorra, French part Societat TORRES
Servei Compres SBARO
ZONA INDUSTRIAL OEST
Entrada A Edífíci Les Grandalles
12 AVINGUDA TORRENT PREGO
BP 15
AD501 ANDORRA LA VELLA
ANDORRA
Andorra, Spanish part Societat TORRES
Servei Compres SBARO
ZONA INDUSTRIAL OEST
Entrada A Edífíci Les Grandalles
AVINGUDA TORRENT PREGO 12
AP 42
AD501 ANDORRA
A
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Angola Sr. João Pembele
Rua Frederik Engels 92 - 7° andar
LUANDA
ANGOLA
Antigua and Barbuda Information available via
Postmaster General, telephone: (+1 268) 462 0992
Argentina Sr. José Perez
Montiel 13
5501 GODOY CRUZ
MENDOZA
ARGENTINA
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - = region
x x - - = territory
x x x - = district
Armenia M. Vassilian S.S.
32, rue Abavian
Appart. 8
375009 EREVAN
REP OF ARMENIA
6 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x x - - - = regional centre, capital city, town/
city, district
- - - x x x = post office
Aruba Mr. C. Smith
Caya B. Croes 4
ORANJESTAD
ARUBA
Australia Mr. S. Tan
200 Broadway Rd
WEST BEACH SA 5024
AUSTRALIA
Silkhouse Traval
(Attn Mr. A. Brown)
PO Box 37
SPRINGVALE VIC 3171
AUSTRALIA
4 digits to the right of the street name ab-
breviation
x - - - = state or territory
- x - - = zone
- - x x = delivery office
Austria Mme Yvonne Leskovar
Postgasse 1
1010 WIEN
AUSTRIA
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - = region
x x - - = zone
x x x - = route
x x x x = post office
Azerbaijan Azerbeidzjan
M. Agakazime Gassane-oglou
33, Avenue de l’Azerbaidjan
370139 BACOU
REP OF AZERBAIJAN
6 digits to the left of the town/city name
Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Bahamas Mr. John Clarke
P.O. Box N-1417
NASSAU, N.P.
BAHAMAS
Bahrein M. Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah
Immeuble 222
Route 1888
317 AL-MANAMAH
STATE OF BAHRAIN
3 or 4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x x = region (1-9)
x x x x = region (10-12)
Bangladesh Mr. Ashraduddin Khan
Vill Genda
P.O. SAVAR
DAKHA - 1340
BANGLADESH
4 digits to the right of the town/city name
x x - - = main post office in district office
-- xx = thana/sub post office
Barbados Postmaster General
Cheapside
ST. MICHAEL
BARBADOS
Belarus BELARUS
220102 MINSK
rue Angarskaia
m. II, apt. 55
M. Kornilova S.I.
6 digits to the left of the town/city name
behind the country designation
x x x - - - = region
- - - x x x = post office
Belgium M. André Dupont
Rue du Cornet 6
4800 VERVIERS
BELGIUM
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - = sorting area
- - x - = main post office
- - - x = delivery office
Belize Mr. John Jones
45 Barracuda Drive
SAN PEDRO
AMBERGRIS CAYE
BELIZE
B
8 9
Benin M. Abou Kodjo
03 BP 1000
COTONOU
BENIN
Bhutan Mr. Smith
P.O. Box 201
THIMPHU
BHUTAN
Bolivia Sra. Maria Villegas
Av. Busch 1258
LA PAZ
BOLIVIA
M. Nedim Zec
Skenderija 23
71000 SARAJEVO
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - - = postal region
- - x x x = post office
Bosnia and Herzegovina M. Nedim Zec
Skenderija 23
71000 SARAJEVO
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Botswana Mr. ...
P.O. Box 231
HUKUNTSI
Via Lobatse
BOTSWANA
Brazil Sr. Luis Carvalho
SBN - Quadra 13 - Bloca B - 8° andar
BRASILIA - DF BRAZIL
70002-900
8 digits, aligned to the left on the last address
line, with a hyphen between the fifth and
sixth digits.
x - - - - (-) - - - = region
- x - - - (-) - - - = subregion
- - x - - (-) - - - = sector
- - - x - (-) - - - = subsector
- - - - x (-) - - - = part of subsector
- - - - - (-) x x x = distribution point
Brunei Mr. P.H. Ibrahim
5 Simpang 271
JALAN KOTA BATU
MUARA 4284
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
4 digits to the right of the district name
x x - - = district
- - x x = delivery round
Bulgaria M. Ivan Kolev
Latinka 6
BG-1000 SOFIA
REP OF BULGARIA
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - = zone
x x - - = area
x x x x = town/city
Burkina Faso M. Issa SANOU
B.P. 782
OUAGADOUGOU 01
BURKINA FASO
Burundi M. André Bucuri
B.P. 258
BUJUMBURA
BURUNDI
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Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Cambodia Rural areas:
M. ....
n° 25, voie 20
Khum Ampil
Srok Banteay Ampil
BANTEAY MEANCHEY
CAMBODIA
In towns and cities:
M. ....
n° 35, voie 118
Sangka Phsar
Kandal 1, Khand
Daun Penh
PHNOM-PENH
CAMBODIA
Cameroon M. Pierre Marie
B.P. 6000
YAOUNDE
CAMEROON
Canada M. J. Arthur
1165 Rue McLean
KAMLOOPS BC V2B 5S8
CANADA
6 alphanumerical characters (letter-digit-
letter-digit-letter-digit) with a space between
the first three and the last three). The code is
placed to the right of the province designation
with at least two spaces in between.
x x x - - - = sorting area
- - - x x x = local distribution unit
- x - - - - = 0: countryside, 1 to 9: town/city
- - - - - x = 0: postal facility
Cape Verde Sr. Joao Cabral
Rua Serpa Pinto 33
PRAIA
CAPE VERDE
Central African Republic M. Antoine Olonga
B.P. 352
BANGUI
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP
C Chad M. Mbaigoto Laougossou
B.P. 238
SARH
CHAD
Chile Sr. Juan Perez Gonzalez
El Bambu 18465
Los Parques de Maipu
SANTIAGO
CHILE
China 95 Yong An Road
Beijing Friendship Hospital
100050 BEIJING
PEOPLE’S REP OF CHINA
6 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - - - = province
x x x - - - = postal region
x x x x - - = town/city and district
x x x x x x = distribution area
Colombia Sr. Pedro Lopez
Calle 44 n° 152
Pasarena
SANTAFÉ DE BOGOTA
COLOMBIA
Comoros M. Mohamed Ahmed
B.P. 350
MORONI
COMOROS
Congo (Brazzaville) M. Joseph Mbemba
12, rue Kakamoueka
IMPFONDO
REP OF CONGO
Congo (Kinshasa) M. Pasteur Mashala Kashama Kashale
B.P. 7948
KINSHASA 1
DEM. REP. OF CONGO
Costa Rica Sr. Rogelio García García
Av. 22 C. 7 y 9 N° 758
1000 SAN JOSE
COSTA RICA
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - = postal region
- x x - = distribution centre
- - - x = post office
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Cuba Sr. Héctor García Marizá
Ponce 8818 entre San Antonio y Mireles
CP 11900 CIUDAD DE LA HABANA
CUBA
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - - = province, large city, large-district
group
x x x - - = in Havana, large district with classi-
fied codes
x x x x - = other districts divided over munici-
palities
- - - x - = postal area
- - - x x = province capital; distribution area for
post office boxes and poste restante
- - - - x = distribution area
Cyprus Mr. A. Nicolacu
Trading Ltd
P.O. Box 5190
CY-1307 NICOSIA
CYPRUS
Mr. A. Nicolacu
Trading Ltd
73 Arch Makarios Avenue
CY-1070 NICOSIA
CYPRUS
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - = region
- x x x = zone and delivery method
Czech Republic M. Martin Parma
Veselská 36
CZ-742 35 ODRY
CZECH REP
5 digits to the left of the town/city name, with
a space between the third and fourth posi-
tions and two spaces between the town/city
name and the code.
x x x - - = transport
- - - x x = distribution
x - - - - = postal zone
- x - - - = central transport
- - x - - = district transport
Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Denmark Hr. Niels Henriksen
Kastanievej 15
DK-8660 SKANDERBORG
DENMARK
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - = routing area
- x - - = routing district
- - x x = delivery office
- 0 0 0 or - - 0 0 = large city
Djibouti M. Farah Ismaël
B.P. 32
DJIBOUTI
DJIBOUTI
Dominica Mr. Alvin Thomas
Bay Front
ROSEAU
DOMINICA
Dominican Republic Sr. Juan Perez
C/Duarte 26
RD-0100 SANTO DOMINGO
DOMINICAN REP
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
D
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Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Ecuador Sr. Rigoberto Martínez
Alfonso Villagómez 1545
H0103C
RIOBAMBA
ECUADOR (SOUTH AMERICA)
6 alphanumerical characters (1 letter, 4 digits
and 1 letter) behind the addressee’s name
and address but before the town/city designa-
tion and the country designation
x - - - - - = province
- x x - - - = district
- - - x x - = municipality
- - - - - x = post office box/ distribution area
Egypt Addressee’s name
House number – Street – District
Country (EGYPT)
Province
Postcode
5 digits on the last address line
x - - - - = region
- x - - - = government
- - x - - = service quality
- - - x x = distribution area/post office
El Salvador Sr. Juan José Castillo
Col. Santa Lucia - PJE. 6 - N°. 29
ILOPANGO
SAN SALDAVOR 01702
EL SALVADOR, C.A.
5 digits to the right of the town/city name
x x - - - = department
x x x - - = town/city
x x x x x = delivery office
Equatorial Guinea M. Ignacio Nguema
B.P. 36
MALABO
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
Eritrea Mr. Samuel Habte
Awet Street 4
ASMARA
ERITREA
Estonia Mme Marika Rotha
Narva mnt. 1
EE-0001 TALLINN
ESTONIA
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
Ethiopia Mr. Teka Lemma
PO Box 5020
JIMMA
ETHIOPIA
E
Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Fiji Mr. Raman Dass
72 Batiki Street
SUVA
FIJI ISLANDS
Mr. Epeli Toroca
GPO Box 96
RAKI RALI
FIJI ISLAND
Finland Ms. Aulikki Laasko
Vesakkotic 1399
00630 HELSINKI
FINLAND
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - - = postcode area and sorting centre
- - x x - = region/village or suburb
- - - - 0 = ordinary postcode
- - - - 1 = post office box
France M. Jan DELHOURME
Chez Mireille COPEAU Appont-2
Entre A Batiment Jonguille
25 RUE DE L’EGLISE
CAUDOS
33380 MIOS
FRANCE
Post office box:
Societe DUPONT
Mademoiselle Lucie MARTIN
Residence Les Capucines
56 RUE EMIZE ZOLA
BP 90432 MONTFERRIER SUR LEZ
34092 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5
FRANCE
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
In the case of foreign mail with destination
France, the postcode should be preceded by
the country code (FR) and a hyphen.
x x - - - = department
- - x x x = delivery office
F
16 17
Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Gabon M. Jean Makaya
B.P. 4462
LIBREVILLE
GABON
Gambia Information available via Department of
Postal Services, telephone: (+220) 227 204
Georgia Mme Mikadze
26, avenue D. Agmachenebeli
380002 TBILISSI
REP OF GEORGIA
6 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - - - = country
x x x x - - = region
x x x x x x = delivery office
Germany Herrn Erich Muller
Goethestr. 13
22767 HAMBURG
GERMANY
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - - = zone
x x - - - = region
x x x x x = town/city, municipality or distribu-
tion areas
Ghana Ghana
Mr. John Aka
PO Box 1234
ACCRA
GHANA
Greece M. Jean Dou
Attikis 56
GR-380 01 VOLOS
GREECE
5 digits to the left of the town/city name on
the line above the country designation and
with a space between the third and fourth
digits.
x x - - - = prefecture or town/city with more
than 50,000 inhabitants
- - 0 - - = large city
x x x x x = destination post office
G Grenada Mr Tom Brown
Woburn
ST GEORGE’S
GRENADA
WEST INDIES
Post office box:
Sharon Bell
PO BOX 1500
ST GEORGE’S
GRENADA
WEST INDIES
Guatemala Sr. Raúl Rivera
18 calle 5-60, Z.l
09001-QUETZALTENANGO
GUATEMALA, C.A.
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - - = department
- - x - - = distribution method
- - - x x = delivery office
Guinea M. Diallo Alpha
B.P. 2345
CONAKRY
GUINEA
Guinea-Bissau Sra. Celina Soares das Gama
Rua Justino Lopes 12C
1000 BISSAU
GUINEA-BISSAU
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
Guyana Mr. Clyde Hamlet
Post Office Corporation
GEORGETOWN
GUYANA
18 19
Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Haiti M. Roland Rémy
Rue Samba 1
HT-6120 DELMAS 29
HAITI
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - = department
- x - - = district
- - x - = municipality
- - - x = part of municipality
Honduras Sr. Juan C. Martel
CM1102 LAS LAJAS,
COMAYAGUA
REP OF HONDURAS
6 alphanumerical characters to the left of the
town/city name
x x - - - - = department
x x x - - - = post office type
x x x x x x = distribution points in hierarchical
order
Hungary M. Horvath Laszlo
BUDAPEST
Kossuth u. 7
1055
REP OF HUNGARY
4 digits on the last address line but one (inter-
national mail)
x - - - = postal region
x x - - = routing district
x x x - = routing area
x x x x = destination town/city
H
Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Iceland Helgi Helgsaon
Laugavegi 312
IS-105 REYKJAVIK
ICELAND
3 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - = postal region
- x x = distribution
India Mr. I.K. Taneja
Flat 100
Triveni Appartments
Pitampur
NEW DELHI 110034
INDIA
6 digits to the right of the town/city name
x x - - - - = province/state
x x x - - - = sorting centre and routing
- - - x x x = large city/post office group/delivery
office
Indonesia Mr. N. Suprapto
73, Jalan Cilaki
BANDUNG 40115
INDONESIA
5 digits to the right of the town/city name
Iran Dr Ali Shariati Ave.
Post Company of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Bldg. N° 2
N° 797
16314 TEHERAN
ISLAMIC REP OF IRAN
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - - = shipment code
- x - - - = region
- - x - - = district
- - - x - = part of district
- - - - x = distribution area
Iraq Mr Karrada Dakhil
PO Box 2450
BAGHDAD
IRAQ
Ireland Mr A.N. Other.
23 Morehampton Road
DUBLIN 4
IRELAND
Postcodes only applicable for Dublin City
1-24 to the right of ‘Dublin’
x = district delivery office
x x = district delivery office
Israel M. Ploni Almoni
16, rue Yafo
94142 JERUSALEM
ISRAEL
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x x x x = shipment route of the mail item to
the destination
I
20 21
Italy Sig. Mario Rossi
Viale Europa, 22
00144-ROMA RM
ITALY
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - - = postal region
- x - - - = postal province
- - x - - = town/city (1, 3, 5, 7, 9: province capi-
tal; 0, 2, 4, 6, 8: other towns/cities in province)
- - - x x = distribution area
Ivory Coast M. Paul Kouakou
03 BP 500
ABIDJAN 03
REP OF COTE D’IVOIRE
Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Jamaica For Kingston Metropolitan City:
Mr James Garner
2 Cargill Avenue
KINGSTON 10
JAMAICA, W.I.
Other places:
Ms Sandra Chin
Dumfries District
Morant Bay
ST THOMAS
JAMAICA, W.I.
Postcodes only apply to the city of Kingston
1-2 digits to the right of the town/city name
Japan Mr Taro Tanaka
2338 Shiokawa
Maruko-machi
Chisagata-gun, NAGANO
386-401
JAPAN
In steden:
Mr Taro Tanaka
10-23 Mitsugi 1-chome
Musaski-Murayama-shi, TOKYO
208-0032
JAPAN
7 digits to the left of the country designation,
with a hyphen between the third and fourth
digits.
Jordan Mr. Rajai Bashitti
4 str. Nicola Ghaneimeh Jabal
LUWEIBSEH-ALABDALY
AMMAN 11191 JORDAN
5 digits between the town/city name and the
country designation
x - - - - = region
- x - - - = department
- - x - - = zone
- - - x - = sector
- - - - x = residential area or village
J
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Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Kazakhstan Ahmetoe Serik Kairatovitch
ulica Mira, dom 14, kvartira 6
Kaskelen, Karasai raion
ALMATY oblast
040900
KAZAKHSTAN
6 digits to the left of the country designation
x x x - - - - = department
x x x x - - = zone (region)
x x x x x - = sector
x x x x x x = details about this sector or this
post office or department centre
Kenya Mr. Akech Amin
P.O. Box 71587
00108-KAJIADO
KENYA
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - - = postal region
- x x - - = regional distribution centre
- - - x x = delivery office
Kiribati KIANTONGO TABURUEA
TEITIRUA
VATICANO
BUTARITARI
KIRIBATI
Postbus:
GENERAL MANAGEER
BANK OF KIRIBATI
P.O. Box 66 BAIRIKI
TARAWA
KIRIBATI
Kuwait Hamad Abdullah Hussein
Al-Sabbahiya, Parcelle 4
Rue 3, immeuble 11
54404 KUWAIT AL-SABBAHIYA
STATE OF KUWAIT
Hamad Abdullah Hussein
Al-Sabbahiya
B.P. 48001
54551 KUWAIT AL-SABBAHIYA
STATE OF KUWAIT
5 digits, aligned to the left on the last address
line but one
x - - - - = sector
- x - - - = zone
- - x x x = post office box or parcel
Kyrgyzstan 720001 BICHKEK -1
Avenue Tchuy, 227
Département d’Etat
«Kirghiz postacy»
REP OF KYRGYZSTAN
6 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x x - - - = town/city, provincial centre
- - - x x x = main post office in towns/cities and
villages
K
Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Laos M. Khamsing Sengdeth
14, rue That louang
0116 XAYSETHA
LAO PEOPLE’S DEM REP
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - = province
- - x x = delivery office
Latvia Mr. Aldis Ziemelis
5 Miesniescu Street
RIGA-50, LV-1050
LATVIA
4 digits to the right of the town/city name
For Riga the postcode is preceded by the post
office number
x x - - = routing area
- - x x = postal area
Libanon * no information available
Lesotho Mr Peter Makara
PO Box 500
MASERU
LESOTHO
Liberia Information available via
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Telephone: (+231) 22 60 79
Libya M. Mohamed Ali Khalifa
Av. Al Ghazaly 12
TRIPOLI
LIBYAN JAMAHIRIYA
Liechtenstein See Switzerland
Lithuania Daivai Vysniauskaitei
Vandentiekio g. 32-15
LT-2009 VILNIUS
LITHUANIA
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - = routing territory
- - x x = route
Luxembourg M. Jacques Muller
71, route de Longwy
4750 PETANGE
GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - = delivery office
L
24 25
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Macedonia M. Petar Kostovski
ul. Kozle br.15
MK-91000 SKOPJE
THE FORMER YUGOSLAV
REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - - = country
- x - - - = postal centre
- - x x x = post office
Madagascar M. Rakoto
Lot IV, 60 Ter
Ankorondrano - Est
202 ANTSIRANANA II
MADAGASCAR
3 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - = province
- x x = municipality
Malawi Mr. W.M. Lundu
P.O. Box 537
BLANTYRE
MALAWI
Malaysia Mr. Ahmad b. Ghazili
32 Jalan Tempinis
Bangsar
59100 KUALA LUMPUR
MALAYSIA
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - - = main delivery office
- - x x x = distribution area
Maldives Managing Director
Maldives Post Limited
B-194 Chandhari Magu
MALE 20-03
MALDIVES
4 digits to the right of the town/city name,
with a hyphen between the second and third
digits.
x x (-) - - = region
- - (-) x x = zone
Mali For Bamako City:
M. Kalilou Sissoko
Rue Magnabougou 406 - Porte 39
BAMAKO
MALI
For other places:
M. Seydou Diarra
Commercant quartier n° 1
N’GOUMA
MALI
M Malta Mr. John Zammit
14, Main Street
ATTARD BZN 04
MALTA
5 (for Malta) or 6 (for Gozo) alphanumerical
characters to the right of the town/city name,
with a space between the letters and the
digits.
x x x - - (-) = delivery office
- - - x x (x) = delivery round
Mauritania M. Hamed Ould M’Hmed
B.P. 35
NOUAKCHOTT
MAURITANIA
Mauritius MAGASIN BIG
ARCADE SALAFFA
742CU001 CUREPIPE
MAURITIUS
Mexico Sra. Otilia Ramos Perez
Urión 30
Col. Atlatilco
02860 MEXICO, D.F.
MEXICO
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - - = state or province
- - x - - = zone or municipality
- - - x x = town/city, district or residential area
Moldova M. Ion POPESCU
Str. Codru 4, Ap. 8
MD-2019 CHISINAU
REP OF MOLDOVA
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - = routing area
- - x x = delivery office
Monaco M. René Héritier
1, rue Henri Dunant
MC-98000 MONACO
PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
See France
Mongolia Mr. Dorj. Purev
Khan-Usul district, subdistrict 2 36-12
Chingis avenue 36
ULAANBAATAR-52 210152
MONGOLIA
6 digits to the right of the town/city name
x x - - - - = town/city, provincial centre
- - x x - - = district
- - - - x x = post office
Morocco M. Ali Amam
23, rue du Sebou
93150 MARTIL
MOROCCO
5 digits to the left of the destination post
office
x x - - - = province
- x x x x = central office
- - x x x = subcentral office/destination office
- - - x x = delivery office
Mozambique Sr. E. Magagula
Avenida Salvador Allende, 889
00300 MAPUTO MOZAMBIQUE
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - - = postal region (province)
- x x - - = subregion
26 27
Myanmar Myanmar Posts and
Telecommunications
No 43 Bo Aung Gyaw Street
YANGON, 11181
MYANMAR
Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Namibia The General Manager
NamPost
PO Box 287
WINDHOEK
NAMIBIA
Nauru Mr John James
Boe District
PO Box 153
Republic of Nauru
CENTRAL PACIFIC
Nepal Mr. Ram Karki
Chapakot VDC-6
Phulbari
SYANGJA 33807
NEPAL
5 digits to the right of the town/city name
x - - - - = region
x x x - - = district
x x x x x = post office
Netherlands Mr J. de Vries
Adrianastraat 34 (NNNN AA),
1231 AB POSTDAM
NETHERLANDS
Mr J. de Vries
Adrianastraat 34
1231 AB POSTDAM
6 alphanumerical characters, 4 digits and 2
letters, to the left of the town/city name , with
a space between the digits and letters.
x x - - - - = postal region
- - x - - - = town/city (towns/cities with more
than 15,000 inhabitants)
- - x - - = town/city (towns/cities with more
than 15,000 inhabitants)
- - x x - - = town/city (towns/cities with less
than 15,000 inhabitants)
- - - - x - = delivery round
- - - - - x = subdivision of delivery area
Netherlands Antilles * no information available
New Zealand Jollys Jewellery
236 Majoribanks Street
Mount Victoria
WELLINGTON 6011
NEW ZEALAND
Address in the corner at the bottom left on
the envelope instead of on the right-hand
side.
N
28 29
Nicaragua Sr. Francisco Ramirez
42 Ave S.E 346
MANAGUA 3416-007
NICARAGUA, C.A.
4 digits to the right of the town/city name + 3
digits for Managua
x - - - = postal region
- x - - = district/department
- - x x = postal area
- - - - - x x x = Managua/residential block
Niger M. Mamane Madjidadi
B.P. 30
DOSSO
NIGER
Nigeria Mr. J.C.E. Okpala
c/o Nigeria Postal Service
P.M.B. 12537
Lafiaji Building
LAGOS
NIGERIA
North Korea * no information available
Northern Ireland Mr A.N. Black
26 Morehampton Road
(possible county name)
Northern Ireland
GREAT BRITAIN
Norway Mr. Tor Arak
P.O.B. 1181
N-0107 OSLO
NORWAY
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Oman M. .......
B.P. 615
MUSCAT
SULTANATE OF OMAN
111
3 digits on the last address line
x - - = region
- x x = post office
O
30 31
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Pakistan Mr. Nusratullah Khan
House No 17-B
Street No 30
Sector F-7/1
ISLAMABAD-44000
PAKISTAN
5 digits to the right of the town/city name
x x - - - = routing district
- - x x x = post office
Panama LICENCIADO GREGORIO FERNANDEZ
GERENTE GENERAL
INFONET S.A.
VIA ESPAÑA, CALLE 6ta
EDIFICIO DEL PADRO N°2, TERCER PISO, LOCAL
N°10, PARQUE LEFEVRE
0835, PARQUE LEFEVRE
PROVINCIA DE PANAMÁ
PANAMA (REP.)
Post office box:
LICENCIADO GREGORIO FERNANDEZ
GERENTE GENERAL
INFONET S.A.
ADPO. 0832-2345
PARQUE LEFEVRE
PROVINCIA DE PANAMÁ
PANAMA (REP.)
Other:
LICENCIADO GREGORIO FERNANDEZ
GERENTE GENERAL
INFONET S.A.
0835, PARQUE LEFEVRE
PROVINCIA DE PANAMÁ
PANAMA (REP.)
Papua New Guinea * no information available * no information available
Paraguay Sr. Juan Carlos Monzon
Alberdi 130
ASUNCION
PARAGUAY
P Peru Sra. Esperanza Alcala V.
Calle La Merced 125
AREQUIPA
PERU
Philippines Mr N. Bronola
27 San Pablo Str.
Virac
4800 CATANDUANES
PHILIPPINES
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - = zone
x x - - = province, district or town/city
- - x x = municipality or delivery office
Polen Mme Anna Kowalska
Ul. Bosmanska 1
81-116 GDYNIA x
REP OF POLAND
5 digits to the left of the town/city name,
with a hyphen between the second and third
digits.
- (-) - - - = district
- x (-) - - - = zone
- - (-) x - - = sector
- - (-) - x x = delivery office
Portugal Sr. Antonio Costa
Rua do Farol, 2
AZOIA
2740 COLARES
PORTUGAL
4 digits to the left of the territorial subdivision
x x x x = postal distribution centre
32 33
Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Qatar M. Abdullah Al Muraikhi
PO Box 5
QATAR
Q
Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Romania Domnul
Marin Ionescu
Str. Plantelor 23
1000000 PLOIESTI
ROMANIA
Domnul
Marin Ionescu
Str. Plantelor 24
Sector 2
0200000 BUCURESTI
ROMANIA
7 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - - - - = postal region
x 0 0 0 0 0 0 = main town/city postal region
x x x 0 0 0 0 = main town/city administration
area and/or main post office
x x x x x 0 0 = post office
x 9 x x x x x or x x x 9 x x x = routing office
x x x x x x x = town/city
Russia RUSSIAN FEDERATION
103009 MOSCOU K-9
Rue Tverskaya 9, appart. 187
Ivanova I.S.
6 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x x - - - = region or large city
- - - x x x = delivery office
Rwanda M. Pierre Simon
B.P. 3425
KIGALI
RWANDA
R
34 35
Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Saint Kitts and Nevis Mrs Angela Caines
Greenlands
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS
SAINT CHRISTOPHER (ST KITTS)
AND NEVIS
Saint Lucia Information available via
Postmaster General, telephone: (+1758) 452 26 71
Saint Vincent Mr John Public
New Montrose
KINGSTOWN
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
ANTILLES
Post office box:
Ms Jane Doe
PO Box 500
KINGSTOWN
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
ANTILLES
San Marino Postes et Télécommunications
Contrada Omerelli 17
47890 SAN MARINO
REP. OF SAN MARINO
Sao Tomé and Principe Sra. Eugenia Fernandes
RIBEIRA AFONSO
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
S Saudi Arabia Ministry:
Zakat & Income Tax Dept.
RYADH 11187
Post office box:
Mr Ibrahim Mohammed
PO Box 56577
RYADH 11564
SAUDI ARABIA
Addres:
Mr Ibrahim Mohammed
Al Dawadini
RYADH 11187
SAUDI ARABIA
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
if the address is in Arabic, or to the right of
the town/city name if the address is in Latin
characters.
xx - - - = exchange office, distribution sector
- - x - - = distribution area (government, post
office boxes etc.)
- - - 9 - = post office at exchange office
x x x x x = addressee’s address
Senegal M. Arona Diop
7, rue Mousse Diop
DAKAR PEYTAVIN
DAKAR
SENEGAL
Seychelles Mr. N. Charles
Gopolia
Plaisance
MAHE
SEYCHELLES ISLANDS
Sierra Leone Mr. John Kamara
7A Ross Road Cline
FREETOWN
SIERRA LEONE
Singapore Mr. M. Rajendran
Blk 35 Mandalay Road
# 13-37 Mandalay Towers
SINGAPORE 308215
REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
Ms. Tan Bee Soo
16 Sandilands Road
SINGAPORE 546080
REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
6 digits to the right of ‘Singapore’
x x - - - - = area
- -x x x x = distribution point
36 37
Slovakia Mlle Anna Osvaldova
Stanicna 503
SK-952 17 NITRA
SLOVAKIA
5 digits to the left of the town/city name, with
a space between the third and fourth posi-
tions and two spaces between the town/city
name and the code.
x x x - - = transport
- - - x x = delivery office
x - - - - = postal zone
- x - - - = regional forwarding centre
- - x - - = departmental forwarding centre
Slovenia Mr. G. Anton Debevc
Cankarjeva 18
SI-1000 LJUBLJANA
SLOVENIA
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - = sorting centre
- x x x = post office
Solomon Islands Ms R. Pana
PO Box G25
HONIARA
GUADALCANAL
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Somalia * no information available * no information available
South Africa Mr J. Public
1234 Church Street
Colloyn
PRETORIA
0083 SOUTH AFRICA
4 digits to the left of the country name
x x - - = post office area
- - x x = post office
South Korea Ministry of Information and Communication
116 Shinmullo 1-ga digit
Chongno-gu
SEOUL 110-700
REP OF KOREA
6 digits to the right of the town/city name,
with a hyphen between the third and fourth
digits.
x - - (-) - - - = province or large city
- x - (-) - - - = zone
- - x (-) - - - = small town/city, district
x x x (-) - - - = exchange and delivery office
- - - (-) x x x = distribution area, post office box
or large building
Spain Sr. D. Alvaro Blanco Ruiz
Luna, 10 - 3°
28300 ARANJUEZ (MADRID)
SPAIN
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - - = province
- -x - - = large city, main delivery routes
- - - x x = distribution area, secondary delivery
routes, or connection to countryside.
Sri Lanka Mr. A. L. Perera
201 Shanthi Villa
Silkhouse Street
KANDY
SRI LANKA
5 digits on the last address line but one below
the town/city name
x - - - - = province and Colombo City
x x - - - = postal area 20000
x x x x x = post office
36
Sudan SUDAN
1111 KHARTOUM
BP 29
M. Abdul-Qader Bakry
Al-Shaïkh
4 digits to the left of the region name
x - - - = region
x x - - = postal area
x x x - = exchange centre
x x x x = post office
Suriname Ms Saskia Panka
Walapastraat 2
Bloemendal
PARAMARIBO
SURINAME
Swaziland Mr. ...........
P.O. Box 125
MBABANE
H100
SWAZILAND
4 alphanumerical characters, 1 letter (first
letter of the region name) and 3 digits, below
the town/city name
x - - - = region
- x x x = post office
Sweden Mr Karl Andersson
Storgatan 27.
SE-114 55 STOCKHOLM
SWEDEN
5 digits to the left of the town/city name, with
a space between the third and fourth digits.
x x x - - = outgoing sorting pass
- - - x x = incoming sorting pass
Switzerland Herrn
Ulrich Muster
Dorfbachweg 4
CH-3324 HINDELBANK
SWITZERLAND
Monsieur
Henri Corpateaux
Case postale 123
1800 VEVEY
SWITZERLAND
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - = routing area
x x - - = routing district
x x x - = route
x x x x = destination town/city
- 0 0 0 of - - 0 0 = large town/city
Syria Mr Mohamed Ali
01 02/0091
Rue Youssef Al Arzamah, n° 25
06/Saroufa
0100 DAMASCUS
SYRIAN ARAB REP
38 39
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Tajikistan M. Zourabekov Mourod Bakievitch
Rue Khoutchandi 7
GM 735450 GARM
REP OF TAJIKISTAN
6 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - - - = republic and region
- - x x - - = district
- - - - x x = post office in town/city
- - - - 0 x = post office in countryside
Tanzania Miss A. Chome
c/o Mashimoni
Enterprises
Private Bag
DODOMA
TANZANIA (UNITED REP)
Mr Abel H.H. Bilia
PO Box 10084
DAR ES SALAAM
TANZANIA (UNITED REP)
Thailand Mr Sanya Thongsaphak
95/62 Moo 6 Ban Bua Thong.
Talingchan-Suphanburi Road
Amphoe Bang Bua Thong
NONTHABURI 11110
THAILAND
5 digits on the last address line but one, to the
right of the province designation
x x - - - = province
- - x x x = post office
- - 0 0 0 = large district
- - - - 0 = delivery office
- - - - 1 to - - - - 9 = office other than delivery
office
Togo M. Nicolas Ayi Patatu
B.P. 526
LOME
TOGO
Tonga Information available via
Tonga Post, telephone: (+676) 22 455
Trinidad and Tobago Mr Michael Naidoo
33 Shende St.
GOPAUL ILANDS
MARABELLA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
T Tunesia M. .......
10 rue des Jardins
2000 LE BARDO
TUNISIA
M. .........
Avocat
App 100, 1er etage, bloc 9
Rue Ksontina
Cite El-Habib
4001 SOUSSE CORNICHE
TUNISIA
4 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - = government
- - x x = delivery office
Turkey Hasan TaĢkin
Doğanbey Mah.
ġehitteğmenkalmaz Cad. 28/A
06101 ULUS/ANKARA
TURKEY
Turkmenistan Mr Dooletova D.A.
5, rue Atabaev
744000 ASHKHABAD
TURKMENISTAN
6 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x x - - - = large city, regional centre
- - - x x x = sorting hub of town/city and post
offices in the countryside
Tuvalu Mr Mose Boreham
PO Box 33
Vaiaku
FUNAFUTI
TUVALU
40 41
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Uganda Ms Olive Takubua
PO Box 21310
KAMPALA
UGANDA
Ukraine UKRAINE
252001 KIEV
22, Kreschatik
Ukrainian Association of Postal Service
Ukrpochta
6 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x x - - - = region or large city
- - - x x x = delivery office
United Arab Emirates Addressee’s name
Name company (if applicable)
PO Box number
Name of Emirate
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
United Kingdom Mr Walter C. Brown
49 Featherstone Street
LONDON
GREAT BRITAIN
EC1Y 8SY
Maximum of 7 alphanumerical characters on
the last address line but one
x x - - - - - = postcode area
x x x x - - - = postcode district
x x x x x - - = postcode sector
x x x x x x x = distribution point
United States of America Mr Wes Rogers
7612 12th Street
SEATTLE, WA 98117
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Mrs Madeleine Chandler
7449 Rupert Avenue
SAINT LOUIS, MO
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 63117
Mr Joe Engle
4531 Village Wood Drive
ORLANDO FL 32811-4583
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
5 digits to the right or below the town/city
name
2 spaces between the state designation and
the code
x x x - - = routing zone or sorting and distribu-
tion centre
- - - x x = post office or distribution area
Additionally, the postcode can be extended
by 4 digits. The digit group will then consist of
5 digits, a hyphen and 4 digits.
U Uruguay Sr. Julio Perez
Santa Lucia 450d
11900 MONTEVIDEO
URUGUAY
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - - = region
x - - - - = department
x x - - - = departmental capital
Uruguay Sr. Julio Perez
Santa Lucia 450d
11900 MONTEVIDEO
URUGUAY
Uzbekistan M. Irgachev Abdulla Yalievicke
Arrondissement 13
Bat. 6, Apt. 5
702100 CHIRCHIK
TACHKENT region
REP OF UZBEKISTAN
6 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x x - - - = region
x x x x - - = postal area
x x x x x - = postcode sector
x x x x x x = delivery office or post office
42 43
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Vanuatu Information available via
Vanuatu Post Limited, telephone: (+678) 220 00
Vatican City See Italy
Venezuela Sr. Pedro E. López
Apdo 60125
Chacao
CARACAS 1060, D.F.
VENEZUELA
Sr. Juan Perez
Edificio Exa, piso 8, oficina 302
Av Francisco de Miranda entre Ppal
Country Club c/C Mohedano
El Rosal
CARACAS 1060 R.C. 10
VENEZUELA
4 digits to the right of the town/city name
x x - - = region
- - x x = delivery office
Vietnam Mr Lam Hoang Vinh
Director of International Cooperation
Division of VNPT
18 Nguyen Du Street
HANOI 100955
SOCIALIST REP OF VIET NAM
5 digits to the right of the town/city name
x x - - - = province or town/city
x x x x - = main post office of province or town/
city
x x x x x = post office
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Destination country Address example Postcode structure
Western Samoa Mr Sapa’u R. Petaia
Director
Posts and Telecommunications
Department
APIA
WESTERN SAMOA
W
44 45
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Yemen M. Abdullah Mohamed Abdul-Kader
17, Al-Ma’ehad
Habra
SANA’A
YEMEN
Yugoslavia M. Markovic Marko
ul. Takovska br. 28
11000 BEOGRAD
YUGOSLAVIA
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x - - - - = Serbia or Montenegro
x x - - - = mail sorting centre (MSC)
- - 0 0 0 = delivery office
- - x - - = post office that is part of MSC, located
outside the MSC city
- - x x x = post office located outside the MSC
city
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Zambia Mr Richard Chanda
10 Nyimba Road
50100 NDOLA
ZAMBIA
5 digits to the left of the town/city name
x x - - - = routing province
- - x - - = routing area
- - - x = delivery office
- - - - x = delivery method
Zimbabwe Mr Joe John
PO Box AY 30
Amby
HARARE
ZIMBABWE
Ms Sue Susan
34-6th Crescent
Warren Park 1
HARARE
ZIMBABWE
Z
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