Its desire for exclusivity manifested not only in gates and guards, but a fight for its own postal code.

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"E15 is not prime market, " he added, referring to the area's postal code.

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The search origin may be defined in terms of location information such as a place name or a postal code.

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In a creative branding move, management was able to get the postal code 10022-Shoes by asking the US Postal Service.

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Every building in the country has now been assigned a postal code, and most letters reach their destination within 24 hours.

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The e-mail address included street name, town, county and full postal code.

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That's handy for the train-schedule app, since Mr. Strange recently added a feature that lets users search for the nearest station to a postal code but he's not sure anybody needs or uses it.

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One big area for expansion: presorting, or arranging mail by ZIP code, to get a break on postal rates.

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These include measures to clarify the role of Japan's security forces, privatise parts of the postal service, reform health care and overhaul the tax code.

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