The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has launched an online microsite celebrating and examining the history and development of Mr. Zip and the ZIP Code campaign. Introduced in 1963, ZIP Codes were ...

Sure, there are some other celebrities who were born in 1963 (Brad Pitt, perhaps? Johnny Depp? How about Michael Jordan?) who have more name recognition, but none of them send you letters every day.

Someone whom I’ve known since elementary school celebrated his fiftieth birthday this week. On July 1, Mr. ZIP reached the half-century mark. His invention brought efficiency changes to the U.S.

Twenty-five years ago, Ethel Merman was belting out a commercial jingle on radio to the tune of ”Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.” The song-and the appearance of a cartoon postman known as Mr. ZIP-were part of the ...

Most kids I knew didn’t worry a lot about weirdo strangers bothering us in an early 1960s version of Nashua, especially if we stayed clear of certain neighborhoods our parents liked to call “rough” or ...

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

Mr. ZIP, informally "Zippy", was a cartoon character used in the 1960s by the United States Post Office Department, and later by its successor, the United States Postal Service, to encourage the ...

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 ...

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 entire nation, ...