Happy Anniversary – Postal ZIP Code
July 1, 2009
Today the USPS ZIP Code turns 46 years old. However, the cartoon figure, Mr. ZIP, originated serveral years earlier.
Mr. ZIP, was adopted by USPS as the trademark for the Zoning Improvement Plan or ZIP Code, which began on July 1, 1963.
Mr. ZIP was designed by Harold Wilcox, son of a letter carrier and a [...]