Global Sourcebook of Address Data Management: A Guide to Address Formats and Data in 194 Countries

Writing, as one does, to people and companies in many countries across the world, one is intrigued, if not puzzled and confused, by the varieties of styles of addresses. Sometimes street numbers come before the street names, sometimes after; what do those abbreviations mean? And all those numbers ‐ are they postal codes, or box numbers, or even relevant? Then there is the problem of which elements in a crowded letterhead to include/exclude. The distinction between corporate hierarchies and postal addresses is often problematical. Letters addressed to me often have the name of the local authority, my director’s name, the...