This Is Pretty Cool

[mikoyan29]

This is from my blog. It is a boat that delivers mail to the ships passing on the Detroit River. It has it's own Zip Code - 48222.

http://michiganexposures.blogspot.co...in-action.html

[teh_blumchenkinder]

Own Zip Code: always impressive.
but why so tiny? Why it's own zip?

... oh~

[lordlundar]

but why so tiny? Why it's own zip?

As for the second part, it's required for any ship that receives mail. Because they can be within several zip code areas over the course of the year or even in areas with no zip code association, mail receiving ships have their own so the writers aren't changing codes every other week or day. It gives a permanency for the post office. Navy vessels, who often are in regions of the world without any mail service itself all have their own zip code for the same reason.

[AccountingDrone]

As for the second part, it's required for any ship that receives mail. Because they can be within several zip code areas over the course of the year or even in areas with no zip code association, mail receiving ships have their own so the writers aren't changing codes every other week or day. It gives a permanency for the post office. Navy vessels, who often are in regions of the world without any mail service itself all have their own zip code for the same reason.

LOL mrDrone still remembers the FPO AE zipcode his first submarine had, and it has been razorblades for years =)