Mr. Zip and the Brand-New ZIP Code When the Post Office debuted the ZIP Code, they introduced a friendly cartoon to be its lead salesman ...

LEESBURG — In postal circles, Robert Aurand Moon was known as “Mr. ZIP.” Moon, who invented the U.S. Postal Service’s ZIP code system and later was director of delivery services for the ...

ZIP Code-style codes have even found a home in the slums of India, where at least one nonprofit is using them to “address the unaddressed.” The History of the Code: Mr. Moon and Mr. Zip The ...

Mr. ZIP, a bug-eyed, uniformed postal carrier, was a cartoon figure used in promoting the 1963 implementation of ZIP Codes. Mr.

The ZIP code`s corporate popularity contains an irony: In a country that holds individual privacy so sacred that it rejects national identity cards, Mr. ZIP has become Big Brother.

The ZIP Code was launched 60 years ago this month as part of a program of improvements to increase postal delivery speed. At the time, Americans were already struggling to adapt to three-digit ...

After 22 years of service to his country, Mr. ZIP has been retired effective with the first stamp issue of 1986. The happy little fellow with the wide grin and big eyes, dressed in a mailman`s unif… ...

Mr. ZIP did his job well, and the Postal Service achieved nearly 100% compliance with ZIP codes. The cartoon was retired in 1983.

Mr. ZIP was a cartoon character used by the United States Postal Service, to encourage the public to include the ZIP Code.