On 19 July, 16:46, David Hansen
wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:57:33 +0100 someone who may be "Peter Masson"
wrote this:-

The Royal Mail give seven mistakes which can make a
postal address incorrect, of which one is 'Do not put the Post town in lower
case.'

Yet things where this "mistake" has been made get through, the
majority of postal items I see.

Do not punctuate

Nothing wrong with that.

Do not use the words 'near' or 'by' (I suppose you have to if you are
sending something to Stoke by Clare or Stoke-by-Nayland)

Ditto.

Do not leave the Postcode incomplete

So they don't want people to be helpful by supplying as much
information as they have. No wonder they are in trouble.

While I always address things correctly*, post town in capitals etc, I
do think that their rules are a bit Royal Mailcentric. For example,
unless the advice has changed, the postcode always has to be last, on
a line of its own, even if addressed from overseas.

That may help it find the right place once it gets to the UK, but
doesn't really help the post office of the country where you post it
know which country to send it to.


*And I'm about the only person I know who ever does.