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Re: ZIP

• Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> Jul 18, 2000
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On 17 Jul 2000, at 17:47, Jeff Zeitlin wrote:

>
> Format 3: Address Routing - This adds an additional three digits
> to the Carrier Routing ZIP+4 code.  The first two digits of the
> three are the last two digits of the house number; the third
> digit is the "residue-ten" of the other eleven digits.  This is
> rarely used; the only usage I have seen to date was Census forms
> and IRS forms mailings.  To compute the "residue-ten", add up all
> of the digits, take the last digit of the result, and subtract it
> from ten.  Example: Assume that the carrier route for 1600
> Pennsylvania Ave, Wash. DC is 1015.  This makes the ZIP+4 code
> 20500-1015.  To this, we add the last two digits of the address
> number: 20500-101500.  To compute the "residue-ten", we compute
> 2+0+5+0+0+1+0+1+5+0+0, which is 14.  The last digit of 14 is 4;
> we subtract 4 from 10 and get 6, so the last digit is 6:
> 20500-1015006.

You have got to be kidding. What is that, numerology of some flavor?

Kat