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ALPHA-NUMERIC LANGUAGE

CLERMONT-FERRAND SHORT-CUT KEYS SP1 -SP4

There was pressure on the coding desk operators to treat the mail as quickly as possible. To
accelerate the process, short-cut keys were integrated into the keyboard and programmed for

destinations receiving high volumes of mail in the Puy-de-Dome and its contiguous departements.

Four special keys designated SPl,

11nm11mmammmmm•• SP2, SP3 and SP4 were

SP•~ mmnmaamama ~ programmed so that at a single

•anm11mm11m1111 EJ • touch the letter would receive the

•naemmmm11a111• full indexation for its destination.

Annulation SPl Montlw;on 03(MONT)LU

-----~ / SP2 Cournon d' Auvergne 63COU

SP3 Royat 63ROY

SP4 Vichy 03VI(CH)

ECOLE d'ENSEIGNEMEi\.IT TC

Ce;~EE ~

l:jj~(~~\

Issoire to Cournon d' Auvergne u0 c3 6
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indexation achieved by a single touch

of the SP2 key.