Australia Post standard customer barcode

The Australia Post standard customer barcode is used in mail sorting for Australia, along with several other bar code formats. It encodes an 8-digit delivery point identifier.

This sort of bar code system is regarded as "four-state" because there are four types of bars, classified by presence of ascenders and/or descenders. This sort of system is transcribable using DAFT notation.

Other Australia Post bar codes

 * The Australia Post customer barcode 2 encodes the 8-digit delivery point plus 5 characters (alphanumeric plus space and # sign) of additional customer information.


 * The Australia Post customer barcode 3 encodes the 8-digit delivery point plus 10 characters (alphanumeric plus space and # sign) of additional customer information.


 * Australia Post Reply Paid barcode encodes the 8-digit delivery point plus a format control code of 45 indicating a post-paid reply.


 * Australia Post Routing barcode encodes the 8-digit delivery point plus a format control code of 87.


 * Australia Post Redirection barcode encodes the 8-digit delivery point plus a format control code of 92.

Utilities

 * Barcode generator: Australian Post Standard Customer
 * Australia Post 4-State Barcode Decoder

Test data

 * Sample bar codes for testing

Links

 * Info on Australia Post bar codes
 * Guide to printing 4-state bar code (Australia Post)
 * Wikipedia: Australia Post