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Foreign addresses Correct (Counter Delivery) Mary Brown Counter Delivery Marion Square PostShop Wellington 6141 Incorrect Mary Brown Counter Wellington 6141 Recipient Delivery service PostShop Town, Postcode Recipient Delivery service Town, Postcode If you’re sending mail to a country other than New Zealand: • structure the main address block according to the destination country’s standards. You can find these at the Universal Postal Union’s website www.upu.int/post_code/en/postal_addressing_ systems_member_countries.shtml • you must include the country name after the other address lines • the country name must be on the list of countries to which New Zealand Post delivers. You can see this list at www.nzpost.co.nz • you must print the country name in English, in upper case and spell it in full. Here are some commonly used country names: Country Country Country Correct (Poste Restante – from another country) Australia Germany Japan Canada Great Britain Korea David Franklin Poste Restante Levin 5540 New Zealand Recipient Delivery service Town, Postcode Country China Hong Kong Netherlands Fiji Ireland United States of America Incorrect Correct David Franklin Poste Restante Levin PostShop Levin 5540 New Zealand Recipient Delivery service PostShop Town, Postcode Country Norwegian Post Authority Revierstredet 2 NO-0104 OSLO Norway Recipient Street Postcode, Town Country Incorrect Norwegian Post Authority Revierstredet 2 NO-0104 OSLO Norge Recipient Street Postcode, Town Country 9
Abbreviations Wherever possible, spell in full each word of your address, including words like ‘Street’ and ‘Road’. If that’s not possible, you can use these abbreviations. Unit type abbreviations Street direction abbreviations Where street names or town names include a direction (eg. ‘Great South Road’ and ‘Palmerston North’), write them in full. In all other cases you can use the following abbreviations. Unit or floor type Abbreviation Street direction Abbreviation Street direction Abbreviation Apartment Apt Central Ctrl Kiosk Room Shop Suite Ksk Rm Shp Ste North N North east NE South S South east SE West W North west NW East E South west SW Villa Vlla Upper Upr Flat Flat Lower Lwr Unit Unit Extension Ext Floor Fl Level Street/Suburb/Town prefix Mount Saint L Abbreviation Mt St Street type abbreviations Here are the abbreviations for some commonly used street types. You can see the full list at www.nzpost.co.nz Street type Abbreviation Street type Abbreviation Avenue Ave Line Line Close Cl Mall Mall Organisation Abbreviation Organisation Abbreviation Administration Admin Headquarters HQ Agency Agcy Incorporated Inc Branch Brnch, Br Laboratory Lab Care of C/-, C/o Limited Ltd Centre Ctr Management Mgmt Company Co Manufacturer Mfr Corporation Corp Manufacturing Mfg Department Dept National Natl Court Crt Parade Pde Crescent Cres Place Pl Drive Dr Quay Qy Esplanade Esp Rise Rise Grove Grv Road Rd Heights Hts Square Sq Highway Hwy Street St Hill Hl Terrace Tce Lane Lane Way Way Division Div Office Ofc Enterprise Entprs Partnership Prtnshp Government Govt Proprietory Pty Group Gp System Sys 10
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