Australia Post standard customer barcode

The Australian 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.

Other Australian Post bar codes

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


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


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


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


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

Utilities

 * Barcode generator: Australian Post Standard Customer

Test data

 * Sample bar codes for testing

Links

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