Addressing in the postal service the activity is called to provide a parcel with the address one or several receivers (addressees). The addressing can happen in most different way.

• The oldest of all methods is handwritten applying of the address on the cover surrounding the transmission.
• Before the spreading of the computer frequently used addresses were printed automatically by mechanical addressing machines or by digital programs in electrical typewriters on the document and/or cover.
• Today to a large extent under to the EDP addressed. The address becomes either
  • directly on the document and/or cover or
  • on an adhesive label printed.

The addressing required not compellingly the indication complete postal Anschrift.Auch the simple indication names or a department is frequent within an office or an enterprise a sufficient addressing (relative addressing). The addresses are often summarized thereby in a distributor.

See also:

• Addressing (general)
• Addressing (data processing)
• Postal address, DIN 5008

Related links

• Extensive information for the correct addressing of mails in Switzerland

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