Click to open image viewer. This plywood form was cut to the shape of Mr. ZIP, the marketing tool used by the Post Office Department to encourage the use of ZIP codes. The printed image of Mr. ZIP is ...

The ZIP Code was launched 60 years ago this month as part of a program of improvements to increase postal delivery speed. At the time, Americans were already struggling to adapt to three-digit area ...

Mr. ZIP, informally "Zippy", was a cartoon character used in the 1960s by the United States Post Office Department, and later by its successor, the United States Postal Service, to encourage the ...

WASHINGTON -- The ZIP code, that string of numbers on virtually every piece of mail, is 40 years old. It was July 1, 1963, when ZIP codes first went into use, a time of 5-cent postage and one-third ...

The U.S. Post Office Department introduced the ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) code system July 1, 1963, as a way to speed mail delivery to its ever-growing customer base. Initially, the public was ...