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, ...

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 ...

Britain’s Got Talent rapper Mr Zip has unveiled the video for his catchy track Where Me Keys, Where Me Phone? Mr Zip shows off his dance moves in the colourful video for Where Me Keys, Where Me Phone?

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 ...

Britain's Got Talent contestant Mr Zip became an internet sensation with his 'Where Me Keys, Where Me Phone' rap on Saturday night. And those wondering how he can possibly follow THAT can rest assured ...

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 ...

From the National Postal Museum: "Mr. Zip did not just appear in ZIP Code promotions. The Post Office Department featured Mr. Zip in an advertisement announcing the 1968 increase in postage rates." ...

Over the summer, CBS News’s “Sunday Morning” did a piece celebrating the anniversary of the U.S. Zip code. A commercial explaining how to use the Zip code showed a sample letter addressed to “Anywhere ...

Curiosity Ink Media and Dynamite Entertainment team up with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver new MR. ZIP™ book series with are imagining of the iconic 1960’s cartoon figure. BOCA RATON, Fla., May 17 ...

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 ...