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Old 01-01-2018, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by HMLRHT1 View Post
As a retired carrier of the USPS I will tell you the answer would be no. All of the computerized equipment used to sort mail is done by address that you have on your house or official PO Boxes. Other wise it will be returned to sender, address unknown.
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Originally Posted by bprairie31 View Post
I worked for Address Management in the USPS for many years before retiring. Unless the entire system has changed drastically in a few years, The answer is no, you cannot use your mailbox number instead of your street address. All letter mail is automated and is not looked at by a human until it gets to its final destination. The way that automation works is that it reads the mail and sorts it based on a national database of addresses. Your mailbox number is not listed in that database. Using only that number will result in your mail being returned to sender.
After 32 opinions...........finally some facts.
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