XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books   
   From: genew@telus.net   
      
   On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:25:54 -0700, The Horny Goat    
   wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
        The first is the form that I use and prefer and it is used in my   
   neck of the woods.  The second form is used back East (Ontario).   
      
   >There is no consistency at all as to whether the postal code goes on   
   >the second to last or last line.   
      
        According to Canada Post, it should go on the same line as   
   community, province/territory though originally, it was supposed to be   
   on a line by itself.  Maybe this is why the inconsistency.   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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