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Happy 50th to Mr . ZIP of post office fame
Nashua Telegraph Mr. ZIP's name is the acronym for Zoning Improvement Plan, the early 1960s initiative that the Postal Service – then called the Post Office Department – unveiled on July 1, 1963, as the less bureaucratic sounding ZIP code. As colleague Dave Brooks … HUNNEMAN: Mr. Zip and ZIP Code turn 50 50 years in, ZIP codes an open-source treasure trove How that Mr. ZIP Changed Chattanooga's Mail |
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