Editing Postal code (section)

== Non-geographic codes ==
In the United Kingdom, the non-conforming postal code GIR 0AA was used for the [[Girobank|National Girobank]] until its closure in 2003.<ref>[https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/40-facts-postcode-mark-40th-4113087 40 facts about the postcode to mark 40th anniversary as vital part of daily life] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316214017/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/40-facts-postcode-mark-40th-4113087 |date=16 March 2018 }}, Daily Mirror, 26 August 2014</ref> A non-geographic series of postcodes, starting with BX, is used by some banks and government departments.

:HM Revenue and Customs – VAT Controller
:VAT Central Unit
:BX5 5AT<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/vat-insolvency|title=VAT: insolvency|website=gov.uk|access-date=2 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106095712/https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/vat-insolvency|archive-date=6 January 2018}}</ref>

The XX postcode is used for parcel returns.  The BF postcode is used for British Forces Post Office (BFPO) addresses.

A fictional address is also used by Royal Mail for letters to Santa Claus, more commonly known as Santa or Father Christmas:

:Santa's Grotto
:Reindeerland XM4 5HQ<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/10494193/Who-answers-all-the-letters-sent-to-Father-Christmas.html Who answers all the letters sent to Father Christmas?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225004304/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/10494193/Who-answers-all-the-letters-sent-to-Father-Christmas.html |date=25 December 2016 }}, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 5 December 2013</ref>

Previously, the postcode SAN TA1 was used.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2565041.stm Santa: 'I'm not a Superman, but I do exist'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112001840/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2565041.stm |date=12 January 2008 }}, [[BBC News Online]], 11 December 2002</ref>

In Finland, the special postal code 96930 is for [[Korvatunturi]], the place where Santa Claus ({{Lang|fi|Joulupukki}} in [[Finnish language|Finnish]]) is said to live, although mail is delivered to the [[Santa Claus Village]] in [[Rovaniemi]]. The special postal code 99999 was formerly used.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to the Santa Claus´ Main Post Office |url=https://my.posti.fi/en/santa-claus-main-post-office |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=my.posti.fi |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Planet |first=Lonely |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W7cDCgAAQBAJ&dq=99999+korvatunturi&pg=PA84 |title=Not For Parents Travel Book |date=2012-11-01 |publisher=Lonely Planet Publications |isbn=978-1-74220-855-8 |pages=84}}</ref>

In Canada, the amount of mail sent to Santa Claus increased every [[Christmas]], up to the point that Canada Post decided to start an official Santa Claus letter-response program in 1983. Approximately one million letters come in to Santa Claus each Christmas, including from outside of Canada, and all of them are answered in the same languages in which they are written.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/aboutus/news/pr/2005/2005_jan_news_santa.jsf |title=Over one million children write letters to Santa |author=Canada Post |date=27 January 2007 |access-date=27 April 2009 |author-link=Canada Post |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409020858/http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/aboutus/news/pr/2005/2005_jan_news_santa.jsf |archive-date=9 April 2010 }}</ref> Canada Post introduced a special address for mail to Santa Claus, complete with its [[H0H 0H0|own postal code]]:

:SANTA CLAUS
:NORTH POLE &nbsp;H0H 0H0

In Belgium [[bpost]] sends a small present to children who have written a letter to [[Sinterklaas]]. They can use the non-geographic postal code 0612, which refers to the date Sinterklaas is celebrated (6 December), although a fictional town, street and house number are also used. In Dutch, the address is

:Sinterklaas
:Spanjestraat 1
:0612 Hemel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpost.be/sinterklaas/sinterklaas.html|title=Ook dit jaar, helpt bpost de Sint |publisher=[[bpost]]|website=bpost.be|access-date=2 May 2018}}</ref>

This translates as "1 Spain Street, 0612 Heaven". In French, the street is called "Paradise Street":

:Saint-Nicolas
:Rue du Paradis 1
:0612 Ciel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpost.be/saint-nicolas/saint-nicolas.html|title=Cette année également, bpost apporte son aide à Saint-Nicolas |publisher=[[bpost]]|website=bpost.be|access-date=2 May 2018}}</ref>