Australia Post standard customer barcode

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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.

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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.

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