"Unacceptable" does not mean that mail won't be delivered. What it means is
that it does not match the default name for that city/state combination.
You will get the same message when you try using a neightborhood name instead
of the ciy name (or, in New York City, the borough name).
for an example, go to
http://www.usps.com/zip4/citytown.htm and enter the zip
code "10463"
Asher
--- Michael Kaufman <
mikekaufman79@...> wrote:
> Somehow I doubt the post office would be unable to
> deliver mail to the proper places even with "Republic
> of Palau." CIA and State give the mailing address of
> the US Embassy to Palau (also same ambassador as
> Philippines) as "P. O. Box 6028, Republic of Palau
> 96940" Also there are several other instances (a
> resort and Bureau of Public Health) where "Republic of
> Palau" is used in the address. "Unacceptable?" -
> sounds like an empty threat from the good ol' USPS, as
> I think they would accept this mail for the purposes
> of delivery.
>
>
> --- "Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...> wrote:
> > Mike wrote:
> >
> > > but you will have a hard time selling such fine
> > distinctions in america
> > > where no such problems exist
> >
> > While the contortions of the EU as to what and where
> > their various rules do and
> > do not apply are quite amusing to us Americans, we
> > have our own idiosyncrasies
> > that defy understanding elsewhere (and sometimes
> > here).
> >
> > For instance: Guam is an organized but
> > unincorporated territory, while Palmyra
> > is an unorganized but incorporated Territory.
> > Puerto Rico is a possession, but
> > neither a territory nor a Territory. It is a
> > Commonwealth, but so is Kentucky,
> > which it is a state. Persons born in US possessions
> > are US citizens, except
> > those in American Samoa, who are US nationals, but
> > not US citizens. Goods
> > brought to the rest of the USA from the Virgin
> > Islands are subject to customs
> > duties, but not those from Puerto Rico. The CIA and
> > State Department claim that
> > the Republic of Palau is an independent and
> > sovereign nation, but "in free
> > association" with the USA. The address of the
> > office of the President (chief of
> > state and head of government) of that sovereign and
> > independent nation is a post
> > office box at the United States Post Office, Palau,
> > PW 96940, USA. The US
> > Postal Service says that "Republic of Palau" is
> > "unacceptable" in the last two
> > lines of addresses.
> >
> > Lowell G. McManus
> > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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