Optional e.g.
ZW4367
Addressee element
Name
D Faydherbe
Title
Operations Director
Premise elements
Organisation Sub-building Building name Building number
Royal Mail South Wing Bell House
B 25 Bell Complex
Thoroughfare elements
Dependent thoroughfare
The Mews
Thoroughfare
300 Western Road
Locality elements
Double dependent locality
Otterley
Dependent locality
Hedge End OXFORD
Post Town Postcode
Postcode
OX4 5ZZ
* see Address structure and layout for details on MDI
Premise elements You must include at least one of these 4 elements, so that a single delivery point is defined. You don’t have to include all the premise elements, even if they are included in PAF® but building numbers must be
To optimise the performance of your Mailmark Mailing we recommend that every Mailing Item has an address set out in a manner that makes it machine readable. We recommend that: • no element is wrapped over two or more lines; • where two elements appear on the same line (e.g. premise and thoroughfare elements (e.g. 300 Western Road)) they are only separated by 1 or 2 character spaces; • no two elements are separated by punctuation; • no two words are more than 5mm apart; • there are no blank lines; • all lines in the Delivery Address are left justified; • the post town is on a line of its own; • the Postcode is the last element of the Delivery
applied on the same line as the Dependent thoroughfare or thoroughfare information.
Organisation Sub-building Building name Building number
Royal Mail South Wing Bell House
B 25 Bell Complex
Thoroughfare elements PAF® will give one of 3 possible combinations but please note that: 1. the dependent thoroughfare descriptor (i.e. Avenue, Road, Street, Lane, etc.) must be applied on the same line as the dependent thoroughfare information (e.g. Acacia); 2. the thoroughfare descriptor must be applied on the same line as the thoroughfare information (e.g. Western): • no thoroughfare: no need to include anything in this part of the address; • a thoroughfare but not a dependent thoroughfare: include the thoroughfare; and • both a dependent thoroughfare and a thoroughfare: include the former. If space allows you can also include the thoroughfare, though it’s not compulsory; and 3. building numbers must be applied on the same line as the dependant thoroughfare or thoroughfare information. Dependent thoroughfare 1 Acacia Avenue Thoroughfare Western Road Locality elements You must include at least one locality element. You don’t have to include them all, even if they are included in PAF®.
Address and is on a line of its own; • the County is not included; and • the Country is not included.
The recommended layout for the last two lines of a Delivery Address is set out below:
Post Town POSTCODE
The following layouts are not recommended but are acceptable as long as there is no other text on the front of the Mailing Item or insert that looks like an address:
Post Town County POSTCODE County POSTCODE Post Town County POSTCODE Thoroughfare or Locality element Post Town POSTCODE
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