One of the most important breakthroughs in modern communication lies in an overlooked place. It’s printed onto envelopes, just below the address. Although we think nothing of the ZIP Code these days, ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Moonbug Entertainment and the United States Postal Service (USPS) have launched a second season of Mail with Mr. ZIP on YouTube, with the support of TRAVERSE32. “Families connected with Mr. ZIP in ...

Mr. ZIP is turning 50 on Monday, July 1. On July 1,1963, the Postal Service adopted the popular cartoon figure as the trademark for the Zoning Improvement Plan, or ZIP Code, to better handle ...

Click to open image viewer. This plywood form was cut to the shape of Mr. ZIP, the marketing tool used by the Post Office Department to encourage the use of ZIP codes. The printed image of Mr. ZIP is ...

In partnership with the U.S. Postal Service, family entertainment company Curiosity Ink Media and publisher Dynamite Entertainment are launching a series of books for preschool through middle-grade ...