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When addressing an envelope for mailing, the name and address (considered the full address) must each appear on a separate line. The traditional convention is as follows:

Line 1: Person or Company Name

Line 2: Full street address beginning with the number

Line 2b: Used only if the full Street Address with Apartment Number, or for a company the Floor and Suite Number will make Line 2 too long.

Line 3: Full City Name written out completely, no abbreviation with a comma followed by the State which can be abbreviated. This is followed by the zip code, but if mailing within a country, the Zip Code can go on Line 3b.

Line 3b: If sending mail to a different country, it is often recommended to put the country name on a separate line, but under the last word written in Line 3.

It is never appropriate to mix all the information on 1 or 2 lines. The Post Office machines and Postal Employees rely on the Line convention described above to "sort" the mail. Mail sorters look first for the Zip Code or Country. Next, it is sorted by Street Address, then by Number of the house. NAME is actually the least important item in US Mail, because mail is delivered by Street Address except when a person submits a Change of Address--but machines apply the New Address label in those cases.

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