Sender and recipient are the forms of addressing used to send correspondence by post. O sender is the boss the parcel or letter, while the recipient is who receives it.
Anyone wishing to send correspondence by post must fill in their origin (sender) and address. destination (recipient), that is, indicate the information necessary for the sent object to be correctly delivered.
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For this, according to the postal service, the address must contain the following information:
- Recipient's name
- Type and name of address + Number + Complement (if any)
- neighborhood name
- Locality name + Federative Unit (UF) Acronym
- Country (mandatory only if recipient / sender is in foreign lands).
- Zip code
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This same information must also be filled in with the sender's data, as indicated in the example above, either in a conventional envelope or in brown envelopes (with larger dimensions).
In less conventional packaging, such as boxes, for example, it is advisable to legibly identify the recipient's and sender's address at the top of the largest side of the box.
See also:meaning of street.
