Comment by wizerdrobe
2 years ago
> Note that the postcode (‘zip code’) ‘STHL 1ZZ’ applies to the entire island, and also that the ‘South Atlantic Ocean’, while strictly unnecessary, does seem to help prevent letters being routed to California, South Carolina or Australia!
Took me several paragraphs to realize this wasn’t invoking my beloved Beaufort County
Seems that the post codes of British colonies follow a pattern.
Gibraltar is GX11 1AA (the whole country).
I believe postal codes for the British Overseas Territories (etc.) were adopted in early 2000s to allow for more convenient online ordering since for the remaining British territories postal codes are probably overkill (having about 80.000 residents at most).