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In article <1a4jtkINNggu@columbia.cs.ubc.ca> yogi@cs.ubc.ca (Joseph Gil) writes:
>andyr@wizzy.com (Andy Rabagliati) writes:
>
>>Envelope Addresser tool, Perl script.
>
>>Given an address, either from stdin or a file argument, addresses a 
>>commercial envelope, including generating postal bar codes, on your 
>
>I wonder if this algorithm would work for ZIP codes of  countries
>other than the US? Or, how can one adapt it to take zipcodes which
>include latin alphabet letters. Such zip codes are used in Canada,
>and I believe, in the UK.

Post codes in the UK do include Roman letters.  Furthermore, the
automatic equipment for sorting letters does not use bar codes, but 
phosphor dots which are typed onto the letter by a postman using a
special machine.  I don't know of any attempt to preprint that sort of
thing on envelopes, even by the direct mail trade.


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