XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books   
   From: lcraver@home.ca   
      
   On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 05:35:44 +0000 (UTC), tmcd@panix.com (Tim   
   McDaniel) wrote:   
      
   >>     Exception: addresses:   
   >>          123 456 W. 7th St.   
   >>          Someplace, Here  CODE   
   >>          Country   
   >>Some even get into middle-endian:   
   >>          456 W. 7th St., #123   
   >>          Someplace, Here  CODE   
   >>          Country   
      
   I  see both those forms in the invoices I receive from vendors at my   
   store...   
      
   >A US address is not entirely middle-endian.  In US Postal Service   
   >addressing information, if an apartment number / suite / unit /   
   >whatever will not fit on the street address line, it is supposed to be   
   >wrapped UPWARD.  (A much misunderstood point, even in   
   >business-addressed mail.)   
      
   In Canada the first form is considered OK and the norm >IF< and it's a   
   big if there's a hyphen between the suite number and the address.   
   There is no consistency at all as to whether the postal code goes on   
   the second to last or last line.   
      
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