Code stamp

Index grid and sample input of zip code digits in a code stamp on a mail envelope

Code stamp - a form, a stencil with reference marks for filling in numerical data and simplifying their further recognition by automated means. This form is most widely used in postal services , where it is used as an index grid on postal envelopes and cards .

Content

Description

In the State standard of the Russian Federation "GOST R 51506-99. Envelopes are postal. Technical requirements. Control Methods ”(2000) gives the following definition of a code stamp:

Code stamp - a stencil for writing the digits of the index of the mailing object of the addressee with reference marks that provide machine reading of these numbers.

Thus, the postal code stamp is a guide index grid for applying the postal code of the communication company of the destination when forwarding the postal item .

History

In the USSR, an index grid began to be printed in the lower left corner of the whole things produced by the USSR Ministry of Communications since 1970 ^[1] when switching to automatic sorting of mail items.

Index grid on the whole (1) and whole (2-4) things of the USSR :
1. A philatelic envelope with a New Year’s stamp (1973) and a New Year’s special cancellation made at the Moscow International Post Office on January 1, 1974
2. One-sided postcard with the original stamp and special cancellation stamp dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the birth of A. S. Pushkin (1974)
3. One-sided postcard of the USSR with the original stamp, dedicated to the XII International Botanical Congress (1975)
4. One-sided postcard with the original stamp dedicated to V. I. Lenin (1976)

In November 2009, Russian Post announced the opening of Russia 's first automated sorting center using modern sorting technology. In this regard, the federal postal operator launched the campaign "Write the index correctly" ^[1] .

Notes

↑ ¹ ² Russian Post encourages you to write the index correctly (neopr.) . Company news . Russian Post (November 10, 2009). Date of treatment June 21, 2010. Archived February 18, 2012.

Literature

GOST R 51506-99. Envelopes are postal. Technical requirements. Control Methods . - Enter. 2000-07-01. - M .: Publishing house of standards, 2000. - II, 17 p.
Kazakov D. Standardization of address details // Russian Post. - 2005. - No. 4. (Retrieved June 22, 2009)
King V. Written correspondence // Russian Post. - 2005. - No. 4. (Retrieved June 22, 2009)
Soviet collector . - M .: Communication, 1975. - Vol. 13. - S. 62.

[russianpost-1] ¹ ² Russian Post encourages you to write the index correctly (neopr.) . Company news . Russian Post (November 10, 2009). Date of treatment June 21, 2010. Archived February 18, 2012.