Do you think 9 digit zip code letters arrive faster then just the 5 digit ones??

[a kennedy]

[madaboutharry]

1. I don't know, but my mail carrier did tell me this:

Don't address letters in cursive, rather write in print. The reason, people in the mail sorting facilities often can not read peoples' handwriting, either because it is too sloppy or difficult to read or they can't read cursive at all. It will get put aside until someone else can read it and this can delay delivery for days.

[Ziggysmom]

2. I asked a friend who is a postal worker. She said it used to, but since dejerk took over it may not

help any more. She said the +4 numbers mean location specific info.
The 6 and 7th digits of a ZIP+4 indicate a delivery sector like a group of streets or a group of buildings or PO Boxes. The 8 & 9th digits designate a specific side of a street, a floor in an office or apartment building, or a specific department in a building.