MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- They are the five numbers that stand for home. Since 1963, ZIP codes have been a part of just about every piece of mail that travels through our system. But what do those numbers ...

Mr. Zip, a gangly cartoonish figure with wide friendly eyes and a neat blue mail carrier's uniform, emerged fifty years ago to help the U.S. Postal Service promote its newest idea: five numbers added ...

Taken from the pages of The Aegis dated June 27, 1963: The U.S. Postal Service this week assigned a “ZIP code” number to each of its thousands of branch offices. The new system, which the agency hoped ...