The sorting machine in Trenton that translated the handwritten address on the Leahy letter into a digital bar code made a mistake, turning 20510-4502 into 20520-4502.

Mr. Kupert said the current software recognized about 37 percent of the handwritten addresses today.

Processing of standard sized envelopes and cards is highly automated, including reading of handwritten addresses.

Mail (actually the scanned image of the mail) with handwritten addresses (and machine-printed ones that are not easily recognized) goes to the Remote Bar Coding System.

The name change came about due to handwritten addresses on letters being incorrectly sent to Geelong.

Therefore, a letter weighing more than one ounce 19 In FY 1998, the Postal Service processed 15 billion handwritten addresses.

Reason you get so many letters with handwritten addresses on tlaem is oecause a lot of I,- u,.

The handwritten address showed it had been sent to a woman in Princeton, N.J., no ZIP code.

By 1995, though, the Postal Service wants its machinery to be capable of decrypting at least half of all handwritten addresses.

She handed Tara an envelope, and Tara examined the handwritten address.