

Do not include the city or country name when you send something to an APO/FDO/DPO address in another country.Mail to military and diplomatic addresses is treated differently: KINGSHILL VI 00850-9802 Military and Diplomatic Mail (APO/FPO/DPO) The right abbreviation for this territory is "VI," not "US VI" or "USA VI": Virgin Islands addresses have the same format as standard addresses. Addresses with an urbanization code, abbreviated URB, should be written on 4 lines:
#Standard envelope size in india code#
Some Puerto Rico addresses include an urbanization or community code for a specific area or development. Include the following on separate lines:Īdvanced Tips for Secondary Addresses (like Apartment or Suite) Postal Addressing Standards Special U.S. Write the delivery address (the "recipient" address) in the bottom center of the envelope. Write your address (the "return address") in the top-left corner.

( See additional postage in Step 3.) You'll also have to pay more if your envelopes are square or vertical (taller than they are wide).

TIP: If your envelope can't fit through USPS mail processing machines, or is rigid, lumpy or has clasps, string, or buttons, it's "nonmachinable" and you'll have to pay $0.40 more to send it. If your large envelope is nonrectangular, rigid (can't bend), or lumpy (not uniformly thick), you'll have to pay the package price. If you want to send letter-sized papers without folding them, you can use a large envelope (called a "flat") the postage for flats starts at $1.35. 10 envelope is 9-1/2" long x 4-1/8" high.) You can fold what you put in your envelope, but it needs to stay flat-no more than 1/4" thick. Your envelope can be a maximum of 11-1/2" long x 6-1/8" high. Envelopes must be rectangular and made of paper to qualify for letter prices.
